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Originally Posted by msavakinas
laz diaz is hispanic, and cb bucknor is jamaican so I dont think that either one of them qualify as african american but I could be wrong there . Other than that though the only two I can think of is kerwin danley and chuck meriwhether.
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Laz Diaz, I believe, is Cuban. CB Bucknor is from Jamaica.
30% of Cubans identify themselves as completely or partially of African descent. 96% of Jamaicans identify themselves as completely or partially of African descent.
These gentlemen may not properly identify with African-Americans, but may identify with Afro-Cubans and Jamaicans of African descent.
The populations of most of the Caribbean "Hispanic" countries evolved from African slaves as much as from the Eurpoean settlers. Inter-race marriage was accepted far earlier in these countries than in North America and, partially as a result, they have experienced fewer tensions between the African descendants and the Eurpoean descendants. In many cases, in most countries, they are one and the same.