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Lalaguayaba · 08-20-2007

As usual, check a book or the Wikipedia for the history of Panama and racism; in a nutshell, most Spanish colonies are noted for early prejudice against black slaves and the native Indian tribes. As time wore on and intermarriage became common, an entire vocabulary was developed to describe just how much black or Indian blood a person had, and on which parental side it was contained. Since the mid-1800's, there have been large populations of Japanese and Chinese moved to South and Central America--to the point where Peru and Brazil have the largest concentrations of ethnic Japanese outside of the original islands. Just do quick searches for Afro-Caribbean population, Asians in Latin America, Afrobrazilians, Spanish conquest and intermarriage, etc. and see what pops up. You'll find some interesting stats, like that Argentina is 98% white due to the fact the mass influx of German, Russian and English settlers over the past 200 years have made it the largest Spanish-speaking Anglo country in the world.
You can also just make sure that you look carefully at what has already been posted in the forum: http://www.panamaforum.com/living-pa...on-panama.html

Happy hunting.

Cheers.

08-20-2007	#2 (permalink)
Lalaguayaba Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington, D.C., California, Colorado and Panama Posts: 387 Rep Power: 2	As usual, check a book or the Wikipedia for the history of Panama and racism; in a nutshell, most Spanish colonies are noted for early prejudice against black slaves and the native Indian tribes. As time wore on and intermarriage became common, an entire vocabulary was developed to describe just how much black or Indian blood a person had, and on which parental side it was contained. Since the mid-1800's, there have been large populations of Japanese and Chinese moved to South and Central America--to the point where Peru and Brazil have the largest concentrations of ethnic Japanese outside of the original islands. Just do quick searches for Afro-Caribbean population, Asians in Latin America, Afrobrazilians, Spanish conquest and intermarriage, etc. and see what pops up. You'll find some interesting stats, like that Argentina is 98% white due to the fact the mass influx of German, Russian and English settlers over the past 200 years have made it the largest Spanish-speaking Anglo country in the world. You can also just make sure that you look carefully at what has already been posted in the forum: http://www.panamaforum.com/living-pa...on-panama.html Happy hunting. Cheers.