Winston James explains how the Caribbean had a tiered system of racism with "Whites at the top. In the middle you had the Browns. And then at the bottom you have the Africans, the dark ones." 🧐
This is very different than the United States.
#LineageMatters
This is very different than the United States.
#LineageMatters
@3StrikesNip
Basically, in the US system of slavery and racism mixed race lightskin and mulattos at the end of the day were still "negros" and in their system they were not.
This is why many Brazilians don't see themselves as "Africans" even tho Brazil imported the most Africans
Basically, in the US system of slavery and racism mixed race lightskin and mulattos at the end of the day were still "negros" and in their system they were not.
This is why many Brazilians don't see themselves as "Africans" even tho Brazil imported the most Africans
Legally and socially, mulattos or "mixed people of color" were in a different social position than "Black" people in Jamaica, but the same is not true for the US. 
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