Victor Martinez Spanish?

[GetItOnNY]

Is this man Dominican ?

[Hedgehog]

I was reading an article in MD about 2 weeks ago, and he claims to be Spanish.Until recently I thought he was African American.Not to be racist, he has round muscle bellies, a very small waste,and his face and hair have  the same feautures of that of an African American.Most guys would die to have his genetics including myself. The guy looks incredable.I asked most of my friends who are African American, and they also consider people from the Dominican republic, to be African American.I looked up the recent statistics on the Dominican Republic, it came up as follows 78% African American, 11% caucasion, and 10% spanish.
Either way, whatever nationality Victor Marinez is the guy is definalty an amazing athlete, and has great genetics

 I think he's from the Dominican Republic.

[bigdumbbell]

There was this thing called slavery.

DR share the island of Hispanola with Haiti. The majority of the Caribbean is of African descent, regardless of language spoken, due to slavery. Most people from DR look "black" or what we call as black. The Spanish ( and Portuguese) treated their slaves different (less harsh) than the American form, where you were either black or white. Hence, many people from DR, PR or Cuban who look like that they "black" don't consider themselves to be.

how do you know carib african slaves were treated better than american african slaves?   

[Benny B]

how do you know carib african slaves were treated better than american african slaves?   

Uhh...because perhaps he is a student of history? It's not like these things aren't documented and/or passed down through families in the oral tradition. 

Idiot.

[chaos]

Uhh...because perhaps he is a student of history? It's not like these things aren't documented and/or passed down through families in the oral tradition. 

Idiot.

Settle down Benson.

[Benny B]

Settle down Benson.

Hilarious! 

[Slapper]

Victor is Dominican, and all Dominicans are Hispanic/Spanish. Oh! Another thing, the majority of people in DR are of African, European and Tahino descent. There was very little segregation in the Spanish colonies, and people eventually intermixed (as opposed to the US,) thus creating the mulatos (mix of Africans, Europeans and Tahinos) or mestizos (Tahinos/Mayans/Aztecs/etc. with Europeans). 

But other than that, and specially when he opens his mouth and talks, after the first word... you can tell Victor is Dominican (hence Spanish) to the core.

[GetItOnNY]

Slapper
Your right, he looks like he is 100% Spanish. Look at his face ,He looks nothing like a person with African Decent, lmao.He looks like alot of Famous Spanish people, like Ricky Martin, Mark Anthony, even Jose Conseco.

[timfogarty]

Your right, he looks like he is 100% Spanish. Look at his face ,He looks nothing like a person with African Decent, lmao.He looks like alot of Famous Spanish people, like Ricky Martin, Mark Anthony, even Jose Conseco.

I don't think Ricky Martin, Mark Anthony or Jose Conseco qualify as Spanish either.   They are all Latino.  Most Latinos are a mix of indigenous, European and African.   Martin may be more European, while Conseco may be more indigenous, and Martinez may be more African.  So what.    They're all Latino.  They all speak Spanish.

No one is claiming that Martinez is 100% spanish.  But he still may have some ancestors from Spain, which would make him of spanish descent.

[technokc]

Victor is not Chinegro.

[Camel Jockey]

What the fuck does it matter? Crazy white folks going bonkers in this thread trying designate people have obviously never dealt with Dominicans. They consider themselves latino/spanish. Infact, in heavily populated latino areas "spanish" means latino, not ancestry from Spain. I think this is true for the US in general.