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In reply to the discussion: I am Latina but pass as White [View all]artislife
(9,497 posts)97. Yes, probably
He is Cuban.
The thing about Cubans, that many other Latinos feel, is they don't have the same history as being undesirable in this country. They are not like Puerto Ricans who are from a territory of the US and have rights to be here but from a country who we have an embargo against. They are given asylum here. The only ones out of Latin America. A lot of this is due to the fact that Castro was a Communist and most of the first wave of Cubans were the wealthy Casino and property owners. They were the elite and probably pretty Spanish in blood and not indigenous or African.
The Cuban experience is unique.
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I was not aware that Latinos did not consider themselves white. If not white, then
patricia92243
Oct 2015
#3
"White people don't consider Latinos White." - I think that it is more accurate to say that
hedgehog
Oct 2015
#13
No, don't be sorry - I think white people need to hear the point of view of someone
hedgehog
Oct 2015
#21
I'd make you promise to save some for me. Been awhile since I've felt "the fury"
BlueJazz
Oct 2015
#92
I understand where you are coming from, and I believe we are saying similar things
monicaangela
Oct 2015
#148
But someone else said that European Spaniards and Portuguese were not Latino/a.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#133
On census forms Latinos are allowed to choose hispanic white or hispanic black --
pnwmom
Oct 2015
#8
We have a lot of South Americans working at our company with Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#94
In Texas, they used the term "Anglos" to differentiate between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2015
#67
You may be Puerto Rican, but that does not negate that you can also be Caucasian.
Beacool
Oct 2015
#42
Argentina was a very wealthy nation until WWII. It is a nation of immigrants, like the U.S.
Beacool
Oct 2015
#26
If I'm of German or Italian heritage and I'm from Argentina am I not white?
ForgoTheConsequence
Oct 2015
#34
"Anglo" is often used as a synonym for "non-Hispanic white" in some parts of the US
YoungDemCA
Oct 2015
#84
Would Marco Rubio be considered to be the second nonwhite president of the US
Nye Bevan
Oct 2015
#96
Well, I live in Miami, and Cubans like Rubio consider themselves 100% white. They go so far as being
lunamagica
Oct 2015
#126
I love that video clip at the link. White privilege is just so, well, black and white.
valerief
Oct 2015
#120