Afro-Latino

American  

[af-roh-luh-tee-noh] / ˈæf roʊ ləˈti noʊ /

adjective

1. of or relating to Black Latinos with African ancestry: an Afro-Latino dance group.

   Afro-Latino baseball all-stars;

   an Afro-Latino dance group.

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noun

plural

Afro-Latinos

1. a Black Latino with African ancestry.

   recognizing the contributions of Afro-Latinos in the civil rights movement.

Etymology

Origin of Afro-Latino

First recorded in 2000–05; Afro- ( def. ) + Latino ( def. )

Example Sentences

A4 academic support programs for elementary students were first implemented during summer and after school, before expanding to year-round services at over a dozen schools with the largest populations of Black, Latino, Afro-Latino, Hmong, Native American and Pacific Islander students.

From Los Angeles Times

The L.A. stand-up scene is quite competitive — especially for Alexio, who is an Afro-Latino of Puerto Rican, Dominican and Ecuadorian descent.

From Los Angeles Times

On May 25, 1926, the New York Public Library announced that it had acquired the celebrated Afro-Latino bibliophile Arturo Schomburg’s collection of more than 4,000 books, manuscripts and other artifacts.

From New York Times

And we Latin people are finally getting to an intersection, a crossroads where we're accepting and embracing our indigenous side, our Afro-Latino side and loving it — finally.

From Salon

Urango, who was of Chumash, African American and Mexican ancestry and self identified as a Afro-Latino, was born with spina bifida, kyphosis and scoliosis, which informed his activism and outspokenness as a disabled musician playing some of the world’s most coveted stages.

From Los Angeles Times