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Saturday, 9 February 2013

postheadericon Amerindians Are Been Missrepresented - Census of 2010

Amerindians Are Been Missrepresented - Census of 2010 Tube. Duration : 7.98 Mins.


We the Indigenous peoples of the "Western Hemisphere" have been misrepresented all this time. The United States CIA Fact Book stated in their website the brake down of Ethnicity of the United Mexican States [Mexico] as the following: mestizo (Amerindian-European) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1% . ♦ Link www.cia.gov It's ironic that the US Census in the other hand reports the next results for the United States population. white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate) •note: a separate listing for "Hispanic" is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, Amerindian.); about 15.1% of the total US population is Hispanic . ♦ Link www.cia.gov This is Obviously wrong! The term "Hispanic" contradicts with the fact that 90% of the migrant population coming from countries like Mexico and entering the United States without a doubt are of American Indian ancestry. This video is an attempt to bring awareness to the denial of the right to self identify to Indigenous peoples of the "Western Hemisphere" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 11/01/09 ♦ RACE: a recent idea created by ...