@ncolphillip: I went to Panamá City ready to see Black folks everywhere, but I couldn’t find them in the popular tourist areas and didn’t know where else to look. People kept telling me I had to leave the city to see the Black population, but I was like na. No way there are that few Black people in Panamá City given the history of the canal. So I talked to my homegirl who also happens to be a public historian of Black history in the Americas and the confounder of @AfroLatinxTravel (a group that leads tours in Latin America focused on the history of afrodescendents) @Dash had me shook during our conversation and then my own research led to be some disappointing revelations about Panamá City’s Black history. To be clear, this video isn’t encouraging people not to visit the city, but you know I like to give y’all the real real. _ #blackhistoryiseveryday #panamacitypanama #blacklatino #blacktravelfeed #tiktokpartner

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adami444
Adami :
This explains so much why Colón gets neglected. Colón should be another economic city center for Panama. ESPECIALLY being right next to the Panama Canal's north gateway.
2025-08-04 17:10:16
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nan_3102
nan_3102 :
No girl! I'm Panamanian and there's no segregation we are all mixed.
2026-08-05 02:39:05
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louis.ramon
Louis Ramon :
gentrification is worldwide,it's a systematic takeover tactic
2025-08-04 19:10:46
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doriimefasolatido
Dori :
Every Panamanian I knew growing up was black so I always assumed it was a mostly black country until I watched a Miss Universe competition 👀
2025-08-05 02:47:11
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cassieeee4433
Cassie🍯 :
Man I went for my birthday. To see blk ppl. And I only saw them in the projects. It hurt my feelings. 🥺
2025-08-04 23:04:18
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mprezzy
mprezzy :
This is some great journalism!!!!
2025-08-04 16:43:11
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burriti12
Burriti12 :
The United States is always involved with destabilizing a country for its own personal interests.
2025-08-17 15:09:34
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anteos1music
Anteos1 :
Same thing as Guatemala! Tons of Afro Latino black Guatemalans
2025-08-05 03:46:36
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cheskadelic
Cheska 💋 :
As a Panamanian woman, thank you for sharing!!!
2025-08-26 15:39:53
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yka8528
Yka :
racism is latin america is not obvious like in the us but it exists and people dont talk about it.
2025-08-05 03:01:58
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jorge_ismael_pty
Jorge Ismael :
Gold Roll and Silver Roll division wasn't only based in color, the only ones paid by the Gold Roll were white american citizens, the rest of the workers in the Canal were assigned to the Silver Roll. Even though most of the workers were black from caribbean Islands, also a lot of europeans, asians and panamanians worked in the construction of the Canal and all of them were under the Silver Roll.
2025-08-04 23:40:47
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sunw00shine
Lea :
you need to come to Colón, a lot of the black community is in here, the history of the black folks in the coasts of the country is sooo long and so enriching
2025-08-05 00:19:45
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bunuelosanteno
buñuelo :
sorry about the gaslighters in the comments, your video is awesome. people have been brainwashed from the “crisol de razas” propaganda, which taught us that there is no racism in panama. we are diverse, but wealth is not distributed equally among ethnic groups. you can see it in our city, our schools, our neighborhoods. we even have white supremacist and elitist clubs like club union completely normalized. we have been raised to turn a blind eye on the racism around us.
2025-08-06 03:18:31
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kw3li66
kw3lip :
I don’t know who dash is but that hair is amazing.
2025-08-04 16:03:37
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naedizzle75
Dawnae Davis❌️ :
my great grandfather migrated from Panama to Louisiana ❤️one day I will get my coins together and visit!!
2025-08-04 16:34:47
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lysis18
jaylit1426 :
As a Panamanian, thank you because a lot of people don’t understand that most Panamanians are dark skin!!!!!!!!!!!!
2025-08-27 18:53:32
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revvvvv0
🧚🏾 :
OMG!! The man in the red shirt showed my sisters and I a couple places in Panama City when we went there. We were so excited to finally see a black person
2025-08-05 13:44:18
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lyd_reb
lyd :
thank you for shedding a light on this 💓 I had no idea, but I'm certainly not surprised 😮‍💨
2025-08-04 15:09:27
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0988fcswrgz
Sam :
So Panama is basically like the USA where property developers are buying up everything and causing property prices to skyrocket so high that even some middle class people can’t afford them. Plus of course the poor can’t even find reasonably priced apartments anywhere.
2025-08-04 23:09:27
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holdmycrownrealquick
holdmycrownrealquick :
It was crazy to me that entire neighborhoods had no water or electricity until a few years ago… AFTER they were pushed out and American/European investors started gentrification. All of a sudden they started making repairs to the infrastructure. I did a different tour but got similar info. I would love to take this one next time to learn more.
2025-08-04 18:55:21
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sapossyranass.com
Roslyn núñez :
El crimen ocurre cuando el estado abandona ciertas regiones para enriquecer otras, lastimosamente eso no solo pasa con las comunidades visitadas, sino con las comunidades indígenas e incluso las conocidas "clase media" es una tristeza que nuestras minorías que en realidad son MAYORÍA, en lugares precarios por el abandono en ciertas comunidades jandjsnds
2025-08-04 20:04:57
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thebadwolfreigns
NyxWolff🇵🇦🌈💜✨️🇬🇾 :
I had someone literally tell me I couldn't be Panamanian cause I am Black 🙄 my mother and grandma would beg to differ and my great grandfather who worked on the canal would too.
2025-09-12 09:27:57
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hiddeninplainsight2022
Author.Kaleema.Overton.Ameen :
This is the story of our life as Black people African-Americans throughout that I asked for they say our neighborhoods are dangerous to scare shoppers away
2025-09-07 17:32:23
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mabeluii
mabe ✦ ☽ ✧ :
idk, i don’t think it is fair to look at panama’s situation from an united states lens. it is not the same. panama is way more heavily divided by classism rather than racism. although i won’t argue that these often come hand in hand, it is not the same as in the US. latin american social standings are very different and they must be analyzed by said lens.
2025-08-05 04:49:51
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