Latin

Latin is originally Italian and southern European. In the Americas we are Indigenous, European and African, the melting pot of humanity.

Indigenous + African

French + Italian + Jewish + Portuguese + Romani + Romanian + Spanish

Cuban + Dominican + Haitian + Puerto Rican

French-Canadian + Mexican

Costa Rican + Guatemalan + Honduran + Nicaraguan + Panamanian + Salvadoran

Brazilian + Colombian + Ecuadorian + Venezuelan

Argentine + Bolivian + Chilean + Paraguayan + Peruvian + Uruguayan

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Latin was originally Italian. The Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance are the foundations of Western Civilization. Romans loved silk. Marco Polo and the Silk Road connected the Latin world to Asia. The Portuguese connected Africa, South and SouthEast Asia. The Spanish and Portuguese Empires connected the Indigenous Americas and brought Africans to the Americas. Since the European discovery, the Americas have been the land of opportunity, slavery or escape. So we are all here.

At times for better and at times for worse, Roman Catholicism influenced it all, either directly or indirectly in direct opposition. That remains a profound influence on us, but today we are also Santería, Protestant, Muslim, Buddhist, Athiest and every other idea under the sun. All seek to understand and explain the mystery of life. Life itself is the miracle that binds us all together.

New York Latin Culture Magazine sees the world through an Latin lens, but regardless of where you start, any honest examination of humanity leads to the same place. Africa is mother and we are all the same.

Our physical “differences” come from just one tenth of one percent of our DNA (0.1%). If you visualize all of humanity as your ten fingers, our physical difference is equal to about the white of one fingernail. Differences are an illusion promoted by religions and politicians in the pursuit of wealth and power.

So this is who we are, one people of the world with countless cultures. Knowing where we come from offers the freedom to be anything we can dream of. Whoever you are, and wherever your parents, grandparents or ancestors came from, Dios te bendiga (God Bless You) in whatever way that works for you.

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