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Would you consider Haitian or any Caribbean islander to be African. Because they have African ancestry?
3 Answers
- Karen LLv 72 years ago
No, because all the people in Haiti and the Caribbean islands don't have African ancestry. A majority do, but it would be stupid to assume they all do.
- TorukoLv 62 years ago
No. Carib cannibals occupied the islands
before European settlements. It was the
Europeans who suppressed cannibals
but diseases usually killed colonials
sooner than later. Imported Africans
were introduced to replace the dead
and dying. Africans proved no better.
Former warriors could be conditioned
to accept oral direction and duties as
assigned by Non-Africans. Attracting
purchasers north of the West Indies.
Carib's and European initially colored
the islander populations. That's Spain,
Holland, France, and England. Most
slaves has no freedom to mix genes
outside of Africans. Only after slavery
ended did Africans begin to add genes
to largely brown islander cultures.
Haiti still speaks a French variant
language. Flavored with terms from
other Nationals. "MRE" was a recent
USA addition because it was thrown
out of aircraft in flight to feed Haiti
earthquake survivors.
- GypsyfishLv 72 years ago
Not any more than I would consider the US to be part of Europe just because the majority of people have European ancestry.