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I am Latina but pass as White [View all] artislife Oct 2015 OP
Me too FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #1
Yes, I have seen this before (both in video and action). mmonk Oct 2015 #2
I was not aware that Latinos did not consider themselves white. If not white, then patricia92243 Oct 2015 #3
When people shout at you to GO HOME artislife Oct 2015 #4
"White people don't consider Latinos White." - I think that it is more accurate to say that hedgehog Oct 2015 #13
Yes I am sorry I meant some White people artislife Oct 2015 #17
No, don't be sorry - I think white people need to hear the point of view of someone hedgehog Oct 2015 #21
thank you for that Skittles Oct 2015 #89
:) artislife Oct 2015 #91
People actually call you that crap ? I need to get out more. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #23
sometimes I wish I could hear it Skittles Oct 2015 #90
I'd make you promise to save some for me. Been awhile since I've felt "the fury" BlueJazz Oct 2015 #92
It did not used to be that way. Drahthaardogs Oct 2015 #100
That might be true artislife Oct 2015 #102
What's (very morbidy) amusing is the racial confusion Prism Oct 2015 #145
I so get that! artislife Oct 2015 #146
You guys sound like my boyfriend's family Prism Oct 2015 #147
Genetic kaleidoscope, I like it! nt artislife Oct 2015 #150
We live in a very racialized society. Igel Oct 2015 #6
Anyone who thinks Latino/a / Hispanic isn't "white" should visit Spain REP Oct 2015 #11
If Spaniards are Latinos... a la izquierda Oct 2015 #14
Neither Spaniards nor Italians monicaangela Oct 2015 #25
Spaniards, Italians, Portuguese, etc. are Latins, but not Latinos meow2u3 Oct 2015 #28
I think it is about one-eighth of the Swiss 1939 Oct 2015 #77
Nowhere near that many DFW Oct 2015 #95
So do we call them Latin Europeans? monicaangela Oct 2015 #110
They get to go by their nationalities artislife Oct 2015 #115
I know Europeans in Puerto Rico, and Honduras monicaangela Oct 2015 #129
I am talking from the viewpoint of the US. nt artislife Oct 2015 #130
There are varying viewpoints in the U.S. monicaangela Oct 2015 #136
It is an interesting question. artislife Oct 2015 #141
I understand where you are coming from, and I believe we are saying similar things monicaangela Oct 2015 #148
THANK YOU! artislife Oct 2015 #152
On Bernie Sanders monicaangela Oct 2015 #153
Many of those are of Spanish descent REP Oct 2015 #37
I think the term Latino artislife Oct 2015 #57
"When President Obama was running in 2008, I read some AA writers..." BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #78
YES!!! artislife Oct 2015 #79
Boom, bang, zap, pow! Major Hogwash Oct 2015 #121
IMHO BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #131
I personally think monicaangela Oct 2015 #112
That is true monicaangela Oct 2015 #137
However there are a lot of South Americans who are mostly, if not all smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #40
If they come to the United States monicaangela Oct 2015 #111
But someone else said that European Spaniards and Portuguese were not Latino/a. smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #133
If you are born in South America, you are considered Latino, monicaangela Oct 2015 #138
Don't forget the Caribbean Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #53
Yeah we have a very different culture. msrizzo Oct 2015 #62
For those Tainos that married Spaniards (or at least had children by them) 1939 Oct 2015 #80
Yes I know, monicaangela Oct 2015 #109
Yep, I know that. a la izquierda Oct 2015 #101
Oops! Forgive my interuption. monicaangela Oct 2015 #113
No worries a la izquierda Oct 2015 #119
I have to thank you for this thoughtful post. nt artislife Oct 2015 #66
Brown pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #7
On census forms Latinos are allowed to choose hispanic white or hispanic black -- pnwmom Oct 2015 #8
"If not white, then..." BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #15
Hear, hear!! monicaangela Oct 2015 #38
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #85
Some who are born here may not consider themselves to be white. Beacool Oct 2015 #35
We have a lot of South Americans working at our company with Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #94
I'm sure that it bothers them. Beacool Oct 2015 #107
In Texas, they used the term "Anglos" to differentiate between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #67
In Mexico 1939 Oct 2015 #81
Recommend. nt Zorra Oct 2015 #5
Two of my children are "passing".... Kalidurga Oct 2015 #9
What do you guys mean by "passing?" msrizzo Oct 2015 #10
We who pass are special witnesses to racism Bad Thoughts Oct 2015 #18
^^^This..... artislife Oct 2015 #20
Ugh msrizzo Oct 2015 #31
The two are not necessarily separate. Beacool Oct 2015 #30
Color is irrelevant to me. msrizzo Oct 2015 #36
You may be Puerto Rican, but that does not negate that you can also be Caucasian. Beacool Oct 2015 #42
I'm sure you can be white and Hispanic. msrizzo Oct 2015 #43
Caucasians are commonly known as "white". Beacool Oct 2015 #46
I know all that, I guess I am not being clear. msrizzo Oct 2015 #47
Exactly, if you're 100% of European descent you are Caucasian. Beacool Oct 2015 #50
I see your question about what I meant artislife Oct 2015 #63
Thanks for the clarification. msrizzo Oct 2015 #68
Yeah. I hate racists rants artislife Oct 2015 #71
You too. msrizzo Oct 2015 #72
Barack Obama is both black and white monicaangela Oct 2015 #128
Your last sentence. Beacool Oct 2015 #134
Have you seen the President in person? monicaangela Oct 2015 #139
A Latino? Beacool Oct 2015 #142
He looks to you monicaangela Oct 2015 #154
OK, in that we agree. Beacool Oct 2015 #155
You hit on the problem that we have all struggled with for centuries BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #51
I'm a big proponent of DNA-genealogical testing. msrizzo Oct 2015 #69
This is a larger question, yes. artislife Oct 2015 #70
A bit OT but... BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #76
On the other hand VA_Jill Oct 2015 #12
Argentina was a very wealthy nation until WWII. It is a nation of immigrants, like the U.S. Beacool Oct 2015 #26
And thus you have Jorge Bergoglio BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #45
We have a habit, a bad habit IMO, to place everyone in a niche. Beacool Oct 2015 #48
Yup yup and yup. BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #52
Exactly, it's racist. Beacool Oct 2015 #55
For those of us who live in the larger cities BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #65
Yup nt artislife Oct 2015 #73
Yes, I agree. Beacool Oct 2015 #105
In Mexico... a la izquierda Oct 2015 #16
Hispanic comes from "Hispania", the roman name for the Iberian Pennisula. NutmegYankee Oct 2015 #19
Hear, hear!!! Beacool Oct 2015 #24
Being "Latina" does not mean that a person can't also be "white". Beacool Oct 2015 #22
Me too. Not only in my looks but my surnames, both maiden and married, are Cleita Oct 2015 #27
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #29
Interesting you qualified your post with your race. KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 #32
Yes, we should all be seen as humans artislife Oct 2015 #75
I have family memebers monicaangela Oct 2015 #33
I agree with you completely. msrizzo Oct 2015 #39
With most things being done on-line... 3catwoman3 Oct 2015 #60
Cool... msrizzo Oct 2015 #64
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #83
If I'm of German or Italian heritage and I'm from Argentina am I not white? ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2015 #34
Thank you for pointing out the ignorance. Beacool Oct 2015 #44
Sadly in this country everyone who speaks spanish = brown. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2015 #59
Yes, we seem to wear our ignorance as a badge of honor. Beacool Oct 2015 #106
Perception...that's all it is. If you are of whatever heritage, monicaangela Oct 2015 #114
I pass for Anglo, too Boomer Oct 2015 #41
What makes folk think you are Anglo, Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #74
"Anglo" is often used as a synonym for "non-Hispanic white" in some parts of the US YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #84
Thanks, YoungDemCa Boomer Oct 2015 #87
Interesting. Not being from the Southwest I wasn't familiar with this usage. Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #93
anglo or gringo in my area DustyJoe Oct 2015 #103
You are probably more "native" than you think Bad Thoughts Oct 2015 #116
Native Americans are the indigenous people artislife Oct 2015 #118
I'm 100% mexican and damn proud of it too. azmom Oct 2015 #49
Awesome! She must be beautiful. eom. Bad Thoughts Oct 2015 #56
My baby is a Bernie fan too. azmom Oct 2015 #58
I am Puerto Rican who passes for "white" DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #54
It's amazing what White people say Facility Inspector Oct 2015 #61
Yes. nt artislife Oct 2015 #82
Also DustyJoe Oct 2015 #104
Interesting thread. The thing about "whiteness"... YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #86
Term is fluid because "Us" is fluid Boomer Oct 2015 #88
Agree, but now Spanish and Italian natives are considered white flamingdem Oct 2015 #124
Here's the interesting thing about that BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #132
Would Marco Rubio be considered to be the second nonwhite president of the US Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #96
Yes, probably artislife Oct 2015 #97
Rubio is probably 100% Spanish which is considered white flamingdem Oct 2015 #123
Technically, yes artislife Oct 2015 #125
Well, I live in Miami, and Cubans like Rubio consider themselves 100% white. They go so far as being lunamagica Oct 2015 #126
I think there is a category of "Cuban" on the census! flamingdem Oct 2015 #127
There is? I had no idea they got away with that lunamagica Oct 2015 #135
Well who was in the first wave of Cubans? artislife Oct 2015 #144
Half Mexican half white and I never knew what to pick on the race thing kydo Oct 2015 #98
Yes, what to pick artislife Oct 2015 #99
Me too and I have benefited from White privilege nadine_mn Oct 2015 #108
Great post Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #117
I love that video clip at the link. White privilege is just so, well, black and white. valerief Oct 2015 #120
I like this direction flamingdem Oct 2015 #122
I'm too have been flabbergasted when "they" relax & show us their true face. GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #140
For me its pretty clear cut! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #143
Color is irrelevant moosemike Oct 2015 #149
I can tell her what would have happened had she spoken up and said that treatment was wrong Warpy Oct 2015 #151
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