Neither Enemies Nor Friends: new book explores relationships among Latinos, Blacks and Afro-Latinos

I recently read an article about a newly created book called: "Neither Enemies Nor Friends Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos," edited by Anani Dzidzienyo and Suzanne Oboler Palgrave Macmillan. This book discusses the relationship between Afro latinos, Latinos, and Blacks. Dzidzienyo mentions that during his research, he realizes that it is becoming more difficult everyday to seperate race and class, especially when looking back into each ethnic group's history and culture (Horwedel, p.1 find articles. com). I agree with this statement in all of its totality, especially after realizing that after today's class discussion on if it is possible to braoden the definition of "Black"; I could not answer the question. In an interracial marriage where kids are created, it broadens the definiton of many cultures, ethnic groups, and races. For example, a kid whose mother is White and father is Black, would most likely consider themself Black and White. Another point that was made was that the historical backgrounds of a culture has a big impact on the definition of the culture. For example, in U.S. history during the times of Jim Crow laws, there was the "one drop rule," where one drop of black blood made you a black person (Horwedel, p.1). There are some people who take this rule into consideration today.