The term Negrito refers to several ethnic groups in isolated parts of Southeast Asia.
Negritos share some common physical features with African pygmy populations, including short stature, natural afro-hair texture, and dark skin; however, their origin and the route of their migration to Asia is still a matter of great speculation.
They have also been shown to have separated early from Asians, suggesting that they are either surviving descendants of settlers from an early migration out of Africa, or that they are descendants of one of the founder populations of modern humans.
On July 8, the AP reported that Enrique Ortez Colindres, the foreign minister to caretaker leader Roberto Micheletti who took over as the president of Honduras after President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a coup, used the term "negrito," or "little black man," to describe Obama on several occasions
