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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Black people in Argentina!

I wrote a lot about the census campaign in Panama and mentioned that it stemmed from a UN initiative.  Some Latin American countries have their census days later in the year. Here are some materials from Argentina, whose census is this week, October 27th.

yup! I said Argentina, the self proclaimed "europe" (read: white) of Latin America. When I tell you there are black people everywhere, please believe me lol. Just because some countries have smaller numbers than others does not mean they too should not be counted. This is an unparalleled opportunity to learn about regional immigration, migration and history.

On the analytical side, the poster shows a large range of skin tones and the language of this question adds much more specificity than Panama's census. They explicitly add names of family members. [Are you or any person in this home of African descent or  have ancestors who are African or of African-ancestry {father, mother, grandparents, great-grandparents}]



(info on Argentina's census from :http://alejandrofrigerio.blogspot.com)

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