@melanymovez: Replying to @downwithbrown forgot to say this BUT- sometimes non Black presenting ppl who are more olive or tan with dark hair are given these words as terms of endearment- and this also adds to Black Erasure. Lets stop doing that #ZoeSaldana #ChristinaMilian #TatianaAli #PuertoRico #latinamerica #afrolatina #Dominicana
The best way to describe jabao is basically a white person with black features.
2023-04-06 12:55:13
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🤎🤎 :
This is more complex than AA colorism.
2023-04-08 04:46:34
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PeaceBlessedMindForever :
Blacks features are not only big lips and noses. please travel to Africa we have all features. we are the blueprint for humanity.
2025-04-09 16:39:48
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aj :
Too many classifications
2023-04-06 12:49:56
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Eva Anika ❌️ :
And all of these folks look just as 100% African as African tribes such as Fula and Amhari. I love Black variety!
2023-04-06 10:25:01
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K.M :
I’m Puerto Rican and I’ve been called Trigueña.
2023-04-08 13:59:59
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G’neLove :
I learned this in my Latin PoliSci class, it’s the racial caste system. Everyone has a different name depending on how mixed they are.
2023-04-06 14:51:42
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Anita Veronica🇻🇦🇺🇸🇵🇷 :
Jaba’o/Jab’á, are shortened forms of the Spanish word Enjabonado/Enjabonada. Basically “washed”. Basically one with African features minus the melanin
2023-04-16 21:13:45
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TM :
We just need to stop the colorism labels. We all blackity black anyway.
2023-04-06 16:03:52
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markflowers489 :
hello!!! same here.
2023-04-06 02:40:37
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MarvBoogie🇱🇨🇻🇮 :
It’s SICKENING how we were taught little to NOTHING about each other’s origin in school. Thank you!!!!
2023-04-06 05:55:48
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morfboss :
So basically you can have allll these variations PLUS white all in the same family
2023-04-06 04:13:00
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drnicolerawls :
This is a beautiful breakdown, thank you! Cause folks really act brand damn new with this
2023-04-06 21:11:15
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Vita Vee826 :
I love TikTok I learn so much
2023-04-06 05:07:41
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Innocent.2412 :
I get it, since I'm from a different culture...it seems like a lot of mental gymnastics to say what u said in the end. Colonization is so insidious.
2023-04-06 03:07:13
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AlignedAimee :
the caveat is that atleast in DR Jabaos are not treated at "black" in most cases. skin color is king in latin carib countries
2023-04-06 13:55:01
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koolKidsRead :
Morena means God in one of my countries languages. You God lady.
2023-04-06 03:21:02
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Ennie Way :
Intermediate black features sounds like somewhere between beginner and advanced
2023-04-08 01:08:24
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ARIES SEASON HURRY U :
All of these damn terms for them to still say race is not thing in Latin America smh loooool
2023-04-06 14:06:55
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jj :
Very good explanation of colorism in Hispanic Caribbean countries!
2023-04-17 16:09:37
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Al Ford :
PREACH....BLACK
2023-04-06 08:45:45
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LamalaMary :
This is the best explanation that I've ever heard of the categorization in the Caribbean Latin culture. Both my you ger brother and my younger son are jabao. He's light but has coarse hair.
2025-01-22 22:29:03
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Amber :
The feminine version of jabao is jabá
2023-04-06 17:45:19
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whosaidddat :
But ice spice looks ambiguous! And zoe saldana doesnt look mixed. And juju is dark but has small nose not wide nose.
2023-04-06 12:57:47
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ADAtalks :
Does this matter
2023-04-08 09:06:32
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