Are "latinos" white now?
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Funky Papa
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This is what happens when social constructs are used as biological ones.
Now my head hurts.
That's some grand first post, Mr Dongs.
Now my head hurts.
That's some grand first post, Mr Dongs.
She looks romani -gitana in spanish- who there are a lot of them in Spain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people_in_Spain
You joined a year ago and this is your first post?
lmao, whose unused alt account are you?
childplease
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Thanks brah you made me look them up.
One was an overweight chubster with cottage cheese thighs and the other good lord had an ugly face and butt pimple scars.
D tier porn stars.
Ricko Suave
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Nail on the head.
Im a fucken mut. Its like my ancestors had an ethnic orgy and fucked everyone in Europe, Asia, and South America.
Some people think I'm Filipino
Some people think I'm Cambodian
Some people think I'm Mexican
Some people think I'm tall
Some people think I'm short
Some people think I'm fat
Some people think I'm not
Everyone thinks I'm a handsome devil
Who gives a fuck!
TheKaeptain
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yes, and this is what makes this thread so funny and embarassing at the same time.
the term "white" refers to your skin color only. but usually it is used synonymous with caucasian. people will still try to find a way to exclude "browner" races though. spanish, not white. yeah sure...
take a look at this thread: some don't consider spanish, italians, greeks and turks as white. many people try their hardest to keep the "white race" pure...
BomberMouse
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The US obsession with race never ceases to amaze me. Race means almost nothing, even less in the states where everyone is some weird mix.
ShinobiFist
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So that applies to Jews as well? What I mean is, not being a race, just religion. I've seen some Black Jews in NYC.
jordan0386
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I don't think that latinos means anything different from people from south and central american states.
According to wikipedia:
- there are as many white mexicans as indigeneous
- mestizos are the majority and they look white to me
- in brazil almost 50% of the population is classified as white
- argentina and chile are mostly white
America is a mix of ethnicities but most of the people descend from europeans, natives or both so even if they belong from different ethnics groups they are mostly white.
In europe things are similar: different people have been mixing for centuries, for example sicily has been both under the normans(from normandy,uk etc..) and arabs so you can find typical mediterraneans as well blonde and red haired people( in minority of course)
Most of the arab countriess have big or small percentage of people who are almost undistinguishable from southern europeans: turkey, lebanon, iran, syria and some in egypt, tunisia etc...
The same applies with some southern europeans and northern ones.
People are mixing and there are different skin tones, the edges are blurred.
The avg skin tone is also partially dictaded by the amount of hours exposed to the sun, when i watch old photos of italians they looked a lot darker because most of them worked in the fields all day.
According to wikipedia:
- there are as many white mexicans as indigeneous
- mestizos are the majority and they look white to me
- in brazil almost 50% of the population is classified as white
- argentina and chile are mostly white
America is a mix of ethnicities but most of the people descend from europeans, natives or both so even if they belong from different ethnics groups they are mostly white.
In europe things are similar: different people have been mixing for centuries, for example sicily has been both under the normans(from normandy,uk etc..) and arabs so you can find typical mediterraneans as well blonde and red haired people( in minority of course)
Most of the arab countriess have big or small percentage of people who are almost undistinguishable from southern europeans: turkey, lebanon, iran, syria and some in egypt, tunisia etc...
The same applies with some southern europeans and northern ones.
People are mixing and there are different skin tones, the edges are blurred.
The avg skin tone is also partially dictaded by the amount of hours exposed to the sun, when i watch old photos of italians they looked a lot darker because most of them worked in the fields all day.
TheKaeptain
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BeekleMatter
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It would've been different if his name was Jorge.
The 10-year census has a couple questions about race. They care about where you live, not who you are (well, the NSA probably cares about both.)
ShinobiFist
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I know, but I always wanted to know what people think out of major cities. I use to live in a Major Jewish community, and I always get "Yes" and "No" .So debated. I always went with no because that's what a lot of the white folks told me in my neighborhood.
gutter_trash
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they are Caucasians
I don't think they do. If they do, or if they have their race written on their driver's license, then that's pretty fucked up. But the US has always been obsessed with race. But I don't know if that's better than the countries that refuses to do any censuses based on race like France.
Whats wrong with spaniards?
I honestly mean no offense when I say this, but do you know anything about Spain? Not EVERYONE is pale-skin white over there.
Spaniards ^
Funky Papa
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Pujol belongs to the tuberous race anyway.
I must have misinterpreted your post, and for that I'm sorry.
Schweinehund
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Dude is clearly hispanic, but whatever. I think the implication is lighter skinned and economic status, not so much your actual heritage.
Evolution_1ne
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They've never not been white
Absofuckinglutely
Angelus Errare
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Not that it's worth arguing, but much of Brazil's population will classify as white or Pardo to avoid racial discrimination out the ass. People think US has race issues, Brazil makes US look like Fringe, The observers in 2605,
Rookje
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Those choices are such bullshit and subconsciously portray the fantasy that everyone is some purebred race. What if you're a mix? I always put "Other" even though I'm a mix of pacific islander, european and asian. I'm even a sliver of cherokee.
It was also sad since I had a lot of friends who were mixed race (mexican+white, asian+white) that would always consider themselves as "white."
Mysterious
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There are three races in the world: Caucasian, Mongolian and Negroid.
A Somalian person, for example, would be Caucasian.
The indigneous people of Latin America were Mongolian descendants, and therefore share similar features. Skin color does not determine race, so these people are Mongolian. They also mixed with Caucasian peoples, so they are a mixed race. Modern "Latinos" would probably be a cross of the two.
A Somalian person, for example, would be Caucasian.
The indigneous people of Latin America were Mongolian descendants, and therefore share similar features. Skin color does not determine race, so these people are Mongolian. They also mixed with Caucasian peoples, so they are a mixed race. Modern "Latinos" would probably be a cross of the two.
pelicansurf
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I'm brown, but I identify with whities.
Angelus Errare
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This thread is utterly stupid.
Absolutely
Yep, yep yep. My dad is a green-eyed man and my mom has freckles; we are Mexican. Btw: good looking family, esp your heart-breaker brother.
ConsumerSquare
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Gonna need to see more pics of your sister before we can confirm her race.
With zimmermann story, and the media constantly calling him white.
George Zimmerman was not Hispanic. He had one parent of mixed white and Amerindian heritage, and one parent of presumably full white heritage. George Zimmerman was mostly white. But even though he had some Indigenous ancestry, like many Hispanic people do, he was raised in English-speaking culture and held contempt for many Hispanic Americans.
Hispanic is not a racial group. As others have said, you can be any race and be Hispanic. There are many Black Hispanic people in the Dominican Republic, while there are many white Hispanic people in Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, etc. The majority of Hispanic Americans identify as white. It's ridiculous to deny somebody their racial identity just because they speak Spanish.
If George Zimmerman ever claimed to be Hispanic, it would just have been to deflect allegations of racism.
DanteFox
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looks more like different lighting than different skin tone to me.
MisterNegative
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and Bingo was his name-o
You sure?
I'm lighrt than my sis and she's lighter than my bro, and not only that but our features are kinda different one from the another, mine being more "western" she's more of a so called "latina" and my bro is kinda "native". latino is not a race, it's a genetic group.
Yup, same here. One of my brothers has darker skin than me, then another one has blond hair. It's weird.
I'm hispanic and I'm white. Not blonde with blue/green eyes but my skin is white. Where does that place me?
Edit: Spaniards look a lot like Hispanics (and vice-versa). They aren't blonde or have blue/green eyes, at least not most of them. They have brown hair and eyes.
Edit 2: Errr, I mean "white" hispanics.
Edit: Spaniards look a lot like Hispanics (and vice-versa). They aren't blonde or have blue/green eyes, at least not most of them. They have brown hair and eyes.
Edit 2: Errr, I mean "white" hispanics.
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