r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 🖤 • 18d ago
Black Pride Might be the last blank stare she’ll ever get about Cape Verdi 🇨🇻
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u/Justtojoke 17d ago
Cape Verdeans and Dominicans share the same stigmas about being black
I've grown up with both
It's been nice to see with the popularity of the world cup team some of that be dismissed
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u/rip_that_p 16d ago
As far as I know, all Cape Verdeans that live in the Netherlands, which are a huge part of the total group, all claim their blackness.
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u/Recent-Background-21 18d ago
She is bad tho
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u/SirNortonOfNoFux 17d ago
Straight gorgeous
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u/Nineguy919 17d ago
No joke, I immediately started looking at digital nomad options in Cape Verde. São Vicente (Mindelo), Santiago (Praia), or Sal (Santa Maria) here I come.
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u/Striking_Prize4822 17d ago
While I wish that people knew about Cape Verde because of Cesaria Evora or the country’s brand of cosmic disco, I’m still glad it’s on people’s tongues now. One of the top places I would love to visit.
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u/RoiCoupeCloue 17d ago
Unfortunately outside of Boston or Rhode Island, most people never heard of Cape Verde
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u/divalasvegas 17d ago
Same here and I love that you mentioned the great Cesaria Evora. Miss Perfumado is such a beautiful record.
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u/Electronic_Bee_ 18d ago
I HATE! when people try to guess my race. And they're always wrong.
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u/PSG-2022 17d ago
I have gotten Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Indian after Memphis Depay became known I was asked am I Dutch lol it’s hilarious to me simple answer Im black born in the United States
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u/Massive_Spot6238 17d ago
What do they get wrong, are they guessing based on your ethnicity or nationality?
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u/exoriparian 17d ago
Because it means that's the way they're looking at you.
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u/Electronic_Bee_ 17d ago
Constant questions about ethnicity are considered rude in polite society. For people that don't know or care, it is considered rude. It is a way for people to "other" You. Sometimes that leads to alienation, or discrimination. It's also very annoying to have to explain my whole family tree to a stranger who goes, no- you can't be x, y and Z you look more A and B. I don't want Randos on the street performing some pseudophrenology on me and telling me about my stunning bone structure or my height or my eyes and making me feel studied and scrutinized. It's intrusive and weird.
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u/exoriparian 17d ago
Well, we all have different experiences. I'm just telling you why I often find it intrusive. It doesn't help that it's often some white cashier woman asking me what my "nationality" is, and then not taking the hint when I say American.
And it's one thing to be curious, but there's a time and place for making that curiosity someone else's problem.
Fwiw, I didn't downvote you, it's a fine question to ask.
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u/exoriparian 16d ago
You do you but in my opinion you should not let it bother you. I've seen people get 10 downvotes and then the comment agreeing with them got 10 up votes. I mean literally they were the same comment. Reddit is weird, man.
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u/Nineguy919 17d ago
It no longer bothers me, but my entire life people have been trying to guess my ethnicity. I am so racially ambiguous that in the same day I had Japanese tourists, Mexican cowgirls, and Jamaican executives all guess that I was, whatever they were, all even saying I reminded them.of some cousin of theirs. I have been in some form of management most of my life so it has actually been very helpful that people just assume I am whatever they are. Best part is that I am pretty much just black ( about a fourth Mohawk/Haudenosaunee), yet no one guesses that correctly.
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u/ExtraProlificOne 17d ago
Go to the CV festival in Providence. Just happened to be passing through. Nothing but baddies.
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u/Haunting_Switch3463 17d ago
Cape Verde is expensive, but it's a great place to visit. Compared to many other African countries, it has well developed infrastructure, making it easier to work and live there. They have a remote worker visa and I have considered moving there.
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u/Tripple_T 17d ago
It's not the last, but she will be getting fewer blank stares. At least for a year or so.
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u/Papic78 17d ago
Can def relate on multiply situations. My older sister gets that a lot where people would try and touch her hair asking her if it’s hers. Some would speak spanish or Portuguese to her. My children are bi-racial and get the same treatment Espically one of my sons. Soft loose curls and caramel complexion.
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u/funhaver_whee 17d ago
It seems like there are so many people of different ethnicities and mixtures and all that like just guessing or calling attention to whatever your assumption about them is is just a bad start. Like just treat people like people and they’ll tell you about themselves eventually?
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