Which race is the majority in the carribean?

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I believe that would be Pirates

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The caribbean countries is full of diffrent races and cultures from black, latino, white, asian, pacific, native american etc. though I think (not sure) the mayority are latino because the biggest island's are latino countries that compose of the mayority of the caribbean population. The rest of the islands are small and have less people.

wdwmkt

It depends on the island, who colonized/settled it, its migration patterns, and whether or not it had slaves.

Specify which region of the Caribbean, which islands/countries.

For now, a generic Latino/Hispanic will have to do, since the Spanish speaking islands in the Caribbean are the most populous, and Latino/Hispanic can be anything from White Skin/Light complexion to asian to black/dark complexion to brown/indigenous and everywhere in between.

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The Caribbean is all mixed up with black from Africa, English, Spanish and French. So most people are Mulatto or Hispanics (on the bigger islands like DR, PR, and Cuba). then in the smallest islands like (St. Kitts, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Dominicana, Nevis, St Lucia and St. Kitts is more Black English). GL

hispanic in some parts and really deep black in others.

slushpile reader

what country in the carribean? There is a carribean coast along all of central america too, its not just Jamaica and the like, and the race varies, Latin, Miskito, Haitians, Jamaican...

Its a very diverse region.

The "L" Word

I would say that majority are of Spanish/Iberian descent or mixed Spanish/Native American ancestry. The populations of both Cuba and Puerto Rico (the first and fourth most populated nations) are composed of that majority. The second I would say are of African ancestry (Haiti and most of the British West Indies are of African ancestry), followed by mixed Spanish/African (Dominican Republic) and finally European (Saba, Aruba, St. Barthelemy all have large European populations). There is a small native Carib population on Dominica.

The InGLeSH MaYJuR

I'd say latins or hispanics

vybes_souljah

Considering almost everyone in the Caribbean is a mixture of at least two races I think this is an interesting question. I don't know.

In one sense I would say Cuba (with over 12 million people) and Dom . Rep. are the largest two countries and are predominantly of Latino/Hispanic origins... So at first I would think ok they must be the most. But they have blacks-- as well.

At the same time Haiti has 8 million (mostly blacks.) and Jamaica has 2.7 million also Predominantly black. Additionally in the English speaking Caribbean overall is mostly black (The current/former British colonies have a population of ~ 8 million people)... The overseas regions of France in the Caribbean also have a large number of black population as does the Dutch as well.... In the southern Caribbean you have a large number of Hindus... Which were brought in when the British banished slavery in the early-mid 1800's and you have Hindus being the majority in Guyana Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. But you can find the diaspora scattered throughout the Caribbean too. There's also a sizable East Indian/Hindu population in Jamaica too. So all things being equal I think it would end up being almost neck and neck between Latinos and blacks. But hindus and Caucasians I think would come next with Middle eastern persons coming next and Chinese last.... (Although the number of Chinese in the Bahamas is ballooning They are buying up all the land that Bahamians haven't wanted and the Chinese are building some big--- houses...

It also depends on your definition of "Caribbean" for example Guyana in South America and Belize in Central America have their deepest ties with the Caribbean and their people move back and forth between the English speaking Caribbean without any reservation.... The people in those countries live mostly along the coast and traded most heavily in the past with their sister Caribbean nations... The other assumption is if global warming keeps up and sea levels rise it has been said the English speaking population on the mostly flat Caribbean islands will probably end up having to migrate to Belize and Guyana on the "mainland" down the road..

Casey(keriafu)

Latino's

ricardo

depends which island you are on. I suggest you visit the Caribbean and also cycle around the islands getting to know the islanders. you will pay attention rather quickly and the answer to your question is: Who is paying attention, we all eat the same food and breathe the same air. your mannerism's will either get you in trouble before you reach the other end of the island and someone will be waiting for you or you will have a very pleasant trip--being invited into their home--share their simple homes and simple homes and most of all gain a most valuable asset--a friend for life. good luck

sesshy bunny

You can't really tell. The caribbean has a different variety of races.

ghost

Black people make up the biggest group of people, followed by Hispanic.

Sacha

creole or criollo (mixed race) usually African, European, indigenous Indian, and sometimes Asian.

Prinzess Y

Hayzyoleh!

I am originally from afrika but I was born in the karibbean(carry-beyond).In the karibbean is dominated by Black africans and many others that has almalgamated with the afrikan people we have hispanic afrikan,indian afrikan,caucasian afrikan, and so on.Hope this helps...

as in the west indies? (all those islands...)
or as in all of south america?

if just the islands... latino

Tim R

Klingons

lalagirly

I would say black, every single island have a black community or majority.

garrisonbight

Blond haired, blue eyed people of Scandinavian descent

Have you ever BEEN in the Caribbean?

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