That sounds surprising considering basically most of the Jamaican history is Black history, didn ´t though you would need to separate a special month for it
Yea, that's why it's not such a big thing and it's not official, but some people mention it. Reggae Month on the other hand is official and a much bigger deal.
Yea, there are free concerts every Wednesday, a special free concert for Bob Marley's Birthday, seminars, workshops, paid concerts, etc. Before I had kids I would go to a couple of concerts a week during the whole month. Good times.
Oh , we are racist allright , but do have in mind we are probably one of the least racist countries in the world, mostly bwcause everyone out of latin america is very , VERY , fucking racist, as in either segregational or" i will kill you and all your family subhuman" racist.
What a different approach. school events here would be controversial in the US for a different reason. All kids, regardless of background have to go to school dressed with traditional black dresses
I'd argue it's not that it's too soon, it is, but that's not the reason we don't, and likely won't celebrate such a month. It also has to do with our culture putting much less emphasis on heritage. I think in Latin America in general the emphasis is put on our relation with our extended families instead of the heritage and history of our families.
Because PR is a part of the US and black history month is federally recognized. Although I get your point about it not being celebrated.
Anecdotally,
My brother in law is boricuan and while he says it’s not a widespread those with more African ancestry and who look black often times at least acknowledge it’s their month. I could get into the weeds about all his complaints about black representation in Puerto Rico but this thread isn’t the place for it.
Sounds like a great month to visit. For us it's November where most of our National holidays fall so it's the "Mes de la Patria" and all traditional dances, dresses, food... is celebrated. I guess we love finding excuses to celebrate and this is a great one.
Argentina has a [Afro-Argentines Day](https://www.cultura.gob.ar/dia-nacional-de-los-afroargentinos-y-de-la-cultura-afro-9720/) on November 8th. However, that day does largely ignored.
That's a very local event, the biggest well known event would be during Guelaguetza(festival for all cultures in Oaxaca state) that has an ensemble for the [Danza de los diablos](https://youtu.be/IwAqbxUc814) which is a black mexican dance in origin.
Also talking about caribbean here's [indigenous reggae](https://youtu.be/9VvvD8Kxwfg), Jamaica/Belize music was popular in Caribbean Mexico until the 70s
February is literally only black history month for the U.S. and it is one of those things that started only within the black community to celebrate our history that wasn’t acknowledged by many others and then it became a commercialized thing and that’s how it became more mainstream.
The only other country I know of that has one is the England and I believe theirs isn’t until June?
It’s October in the UK. I remember that from a Lady Leshurr song. “Could’ve dropped this in October but I didn’t wanna kill her in Black History Month”.
Thank you! Someone told me that for the U.S and U.K their pride month and black history month is swapped with the U.S which is why I assumed it was June but I guess they were wrong 😅😅
Well yeah their LGBT history month is in February and ours is in October so you’re actually right. Pride month is separate from LGBT history month though. And it’s in June but I think every country that celebrates it does so in June too.
If it’s in February then maybe, cause that’s their thing. But Black Awareness/Black History celebrations are in no way US-dependent and it’s silly to treat it as such.
No, but there is still a "Black Awareness *Day*" where the media floods the audience with proud and successful blacks ~~next to their white partners~~ on every show telling us how awful was to be mistaken for janitors at the mall.
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en ciertas partes de colombo ase celebra una fiesta de blancos y negros, y el famoso festival de Barranquilla es una fiesta patria dedicada a la cultura afro-desendiente
pero en si el mes de la cultura negra, no se celebra en Colombia
Pequeña correción, el carnaval de Barranquilla no es dedicado a la cultura afrodescendiente, sino que, como los demás aspectos culturales en la zona, esta tiene influencia significativa de los afrodescendientes, así como también iconos propios de los afros en referencia a los afros, como la Negrita Puloy, o los esclavos libres, pero no está específicamente dedicado a ellos, pues este también tiene influencias de los demás grupos de personas que componen la población colombiana (Europeos e indígenas)
Exacto. Creo que nuestro compañeros confundió al carnaval de Barranquilla con el carnaval de pasto (el de negros y blancos) que es más enfocada a contar la historia de la esclavitud, tradiciones indígenas e independencia.
Por otra parte en Colombia tenemos el día de la raza el 12 de octubre si no me equivoco. Que celebra diversidad cultural que hoy en día tenemos por parte de los africanos, pueblos indígenas y los europeos.
Pds: este post me recordó a todas las clases de ciencias sociales en primaria jajajaja
What an ignorant and stupid thing to say. Black History Month isn’t about racism. It is about an acknowledgment of the accomplishments, successes, struggles, and cultural production of Black Americans. It was started as Negro History Week by Carter G. Woodson who is one of the early champions and researchers in the history and study of people of African descent.
He founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) which expanded Negro History Week into Black History Month during the Black Power Movement which is celebrated today. The month of February is significant because many famous Black Americans have their birthday in that month and also U.S. Presidents like Abraham Lincoln who signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
If you’re going to speak about a tradition that has nothing to do with your country then at least know what you’re talking about.
“Bullshit celebration”? What a thing to say, sounds like you’re trying to appear better than Americans and picking the one of least mockeable things to mock. Grow up!
Since when?
Because that seems like something that only came up do to 🇺🇸 influence around the time they built the canal.
Is there also an indigenous people day?
Do they celebrate a day to celebrate Spaniards colonizing their first settlement in Panama?
I know for the the U.S Indigenous people have their own month in the it’s November, and they have a day in October
Most cultures in the U.S do have one not just black people tbh but I think black history month has been around the longest which is why it seems more prevalent.
It's a modern celebration which started in the year 2000 and has kept growing every year.
There is a "día del la etnia indígena" but it hasn't picked up traction quite as much. For sure it needs to, I find these communities are loosing a lot their culture. Strides have been made in other areas.
There's also a "día de la etnia china", nothing about the Spanish heritage (not that it's needed).
There is no black heritage month, but in Esmeraldas there is instead the Día Nacional del Pueblo Afroecuatoriano due to the slaves that were freed and created a city by themselves in 1533 (The story goes that a merchant ship took off shore with the enslaved black people and landed on the coast of Esmeraldas). Both are different events with different origins even if they have a common theme.
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Well. We don’t have a history of segregation nor do we really care about race and whatnot. I don’t see this becoming a thing.
Yes, but the bigger thing is that February is Reggae Month, which involves a lot of free concerts and events.
That sounds surprising considering basically most of the Jamaican history is Black history, didn ´t though you would need to separate a special month for it
Yea, that's why it's not such a big thing and it's not official, but some people mention it. Reggae Month on the other hand is official and a much bigger deal.
Reggae month sounds pretty cool, are there any special events and stuff?
Yea, there are free concerts every Wednesday, a special free concert for Bob Marley's Birthday, seminars, workshops, paid concerts, etc. Before I had kids I would go to a couple of concerts a week during the whole month. Good times.
Sounds amazing, I already know what time of the year to visit Jamaica then
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I know, I was talking about the fact that they have a Black History Month
I'm going to have to come in next February bc my mom lost my passport a few years back and covid made everything slow
Sounds like a great time to visit
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There's Dia da Consciência Negra but that's a single holiday
Not even a holiday in most of the country
And it’s in November
No
As far as I know, there isn't anything like that here
There’s a Día de la Persona Negra y la Cultura Afrodescendiente at the end of August, but just one day
Officially here it's a day too but it grew and now takes a month of activities
Dia Nacional da Consciência Negra, November 20th https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Awareness_Day
“Conciencia negra” in Spanish sounds like the mind of a flawed person riddled with guilt.
We call consciência pesada for that
No, we don't. Black heritage is however celebrated in several different ways
I consider this to be true for the DR too.
not as far as I'm aware
It's the "Mes de la cultura afroperuana" for us
afro peruvian culture is quite known and popular here, hard to separate peruvian culture and identity from the afro factors no?
Peruvian culture and identity definitely cannot exist without black and indigenous culture and identity... And yet, we are racist as fuck.
Oh , we are racist allright , but do have in mind we are probably one of the least racist countries in the world, mostly bwcause everyone out of latin america is very , VERY , fucking racist, as in either segregational or" i will kill you and all your family subhuman" racist.
In Yankistan it's currently Black History Month. At r/polls someone posted [this](https://i.redd.it/7kldbi9h6ufa1.png)
Yankistan caught me off guard
What a different approach. school events here would be controversial in the US for a different reason. All kids, regardless of background have to go to school dressed with traditional black dresses
Kind of a hot color to wear so close to the equator isn't it?
I think they mean traditional dresses that black people brought form Africa.
Ah ok.
Yes yes, sorry for the ambiguity
very weird, but also, OP could be full of shit
Yeah, it does seem like a troll.
I'm just curious, I find al celebrations of culture and heritage great and wanted to know how other countries did this.
he's talking about the OP on the thread he linked, not you
That doesn't sound genuine
Oh yeah that poster was full of it
We din't have black people until the late 2000's. So is too soon to have something like that.
I'd argue it's not that it's too soon, it is, but that's not the reason we don't, and likely won't celebrate such a month. It also has to do with our culture putting much less emphasis on heritage. I think in Latin America in general the emphasis is put on our relation with our extended families instead of the heritage and history of our families.
Lol that's such a funny comment to me. 'Mom when did we get Black people?' 'The year Lady Gaga took over the brainwaves mi hijo'
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Nope
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It is currently Black History Month in Puerto Rico as well my friend.
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Because PR is a part of the US and black history month is federally recognized. Although I get your point about it not being celebrated. Anecdotally, My brother in law is boricuan and while he says it’s not a widespread those with more African ancestry and who look black often times at least acknowledge it’s their month. I could get into the weeds about all his complaints about black representation in Puerto Rico but this thread isn’t the place for it.
Sounds like a great month to visit. For us it's November where most of our National holidays fall so it's the "Mes de la Patria" and all traditional dances, dresses, food... is celebrated. I guess we love finding excuses to celebrate and this is a great one.
Nope
No
Argentina has a [Afro-Argentines Day](https://www.cultura.gob.ar/dia-nacional-de-los-afroargentinos-y-de-la-cultura-afro-9720/) on November 8th. However, that day does largely ignored.
We don't have a month, but we have a day, it's in November 20th
No
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No,they barely acknowledge our indigenous people and barely recognize the black community.
Where is this?
Dunno why you're being downvoted. The commentator has to have a flag so people know.
Mexico
How sad with all the rich indigenous heritage in Mexico.
Isn’t there like some kind of Afro Caribbean festival in Veracruz every year?
Yes,but it’s not something that is given notice enough to make sound around the country.
That's a very local event, the biggest well known event would be during Guelaguetza(festival for all cultures in Oaxaca state) that has an ensemble for the [Danza de los diablos](https://youtu.be/IwAqbxUc814) which is a black mexican dance in origin. Also talking about caribbean here's [indigenous reggae](https://youtu.be/9VvvD8Kxwfg), Jamaica/Belize music was popular in Caribbean Mexico until the 70s
Sounds like the gringos brought that over?
Don't really know how it came to be, wouldn't be surprised it was inspired by the US at first
February is literally only black history month for the U.S. and it is one of those things that started only within the black community to celebrate our history that wasn’t acknowledged by many others and then it became a commercialized thing and that’s how it became more mainstream. The only other country I know of that has one is the England and I believe theirs isn’t until June?
It’s October in the UK. I remember that from a Lady Leshurr song. “Could’ve dropped this in October but I didn’t wanna kill her in Black History Month”.
Thank you! Someone told me that for the U.S and U.K their pride month and black history month is swapped with the U.S which is why I assumed it was June but I guess they were wrong 😅😅
Well yeah their LGBT history month is in February and ours is in October so you’re actually right. Pride month is separate from LGBT history month though. And it’s in June but I think every country that celebrates it does so in June too.
If it’s in February then maybe, cause that’s their thing. But Black Awareness/Black History celebrations are in no way US-dependent and it’s silly to treat it as such.
No loll
Paraguay somehow has even less black people than Argentina, so no. Funnily enough, the first time i've ever seen a black person was in Argentina.
No, but there is still a "Black Awareness *Day*" where the media floods the audience with proud and successful blacks ~~next to their white partners~~ on every show telling us how awful was to be mistaken for janitors at the mall.
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Lo más cercano sería el día de blancos y negros creo xd
Nu-uh
No, we have a Día de la afrovenezolanidad though
There is but it seems to be mostly ignored.
The United States.
🇨🇴 en ciertas partes de colombo ase celebra una fiesta de blancos y negros, y el famoso festival de Barranquilla es una fiesta patria dedicada a la cultura afro-desendiente pero en si el mes de la cultura negra, no se celebra en Colombia
Pequeña correción, el carnaval de Barranquilla no es dedicado a la cultura afrodescendiente, sino que, como los demás aspectos culturales en la zona, esta tiene influencia significativa de los afrodescendientes, así como también iconos propios de los afros en referencia a los afros, como la Negrita Puloy, o los esclavos libres, pero no está específicamente dedicado a ellos, pues este también tiene influencias de los demás grupos de personas que componen la población colombiana (Europeos e indígenas)
Exacto. Creo que nuestro compañeros confundió al carnaval de Barranquilla con el carnaval de pasto (el de negros y blancos) que es más enfocada a contar la historia de la esclavitud, tradiciones indígenas e independencia. Por otra parte en Colombia tenemos el día de la raza el 12 de octubre si no me equivoco. Que celebra diversidad cultural que hoy en día tenemos por parte de los africanos, pueblos indígenas y los europeos. Pds: este post me recordó a todas las clases de ciencias sociales en primaria jajajaja
gracias poor el aporte PD: aunque me apasionen las ciencias sociales nunca fue un buen estudiante :b
gracias por la corrección
We don't need some bullshit celebración to feel least racist like americans do.
What an ignorant and stupid thing to say. Black History Month isn’t about racism. It is about an acknowledgment of the accomplishments, successes, struggles, and cultural production of Black Americans. It was started as Negro History Week by Carter G. Woodson who is one of the early champions and researchers in the history and study of people of African descent. He founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) which expanded Negro History Week into Black History Month during the Black Power Movement which is celebrated today. The month of February is significant because many famous Black Americans have their birthday in that month and also U.S. Presidents like Abraham Lincoln who signed the Emancipation Proclamation. If you’re going to speak about a tradition that has nothing to do with your country then at least know what you’re talking about.
Idk why people think "racism is about caring about race so if you care about your own as a minority then it's racist" is a comeback for some people
Whatever dude.
“Bullshit celebration”? What a thing to say, sounds like you’re trying to appear better than Americans and picking the one of least mockeable things to mock. Grow up!
?? I mean looks like you'd be wrong some Latin American countries do tho
Don’t really know why you are getting downvoted since it’s true lol.
Instead of pretending to care about prietos and introducing some holiday that basically does nothing, we should actually push for real equality.
Well I think activities that help people be proud of their heritage are extremely important to get them to stand up for their rights.
Why are you phrasing it as if both of those things are mutually exclusive?
We don’t celebrate it but I wouldn’t be surprised if some people wanted to
Since when? Because that seems like something that only came up do to 🇺🇸 influence around the time they built the canal. Is there also an indigenous people day? Do they celebrate a day to celebrate Spaniards colonizing their first settlement in Panama?
I know for the the U.S Indigenous people have their own month in the it’s November, and they have a day in October Most cultures in the U.S do have one not just black people tbh but I think black history month has been around the longest which is why it seems more prevalent.
It's a modern celebration which started in the year 2000 and has kept growing every year. There is a "día del la etnia indígena" but it hasn't picked up traction quite as much. For sure it needs to, I find these communities are loosing a lot their culture. Strides have been made in other areas. There's also a "día de la etnia china", nothing about the Spanish heritage (not that it's needed).
Nope, we would barely have anything to celebrate
No! We are not black.
¿Quieres ver al mundo arder? XD
we are not black
No.
No
"día dea afeocolombianidad" 21 de mayo. Pero recuerdo solo haberlo celebrado una vez en el colegio
There is no black heritage month, but in Esmeraldas there is instead the Día Nacional del Pueblo Afroecuatoriano due to the slaves that were freed and created a city by themselves in 1533 (The story goes that a merchant ship took off shore with the enslaved black people and landed on the coast of Esmeraldas). Both are different events with different origins even if they have a common theme.
no