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In reply to the discussion: I am Latina but pass as White [View all]monicaangela
(1,508 posts)like what you perceive him to be because you know his history. My point is that just as you say Latinos are of various races, so are African Americans and Caucasians, if you look at the skin tone only. There are African Americans that appear white, because of forced sexual relations by slave owners, Europeans that have dark skin, but deny any African heritage and the game goes on. I guess what I am saying, is if you don't know what a person professes to be, or have no idea what their heritage is, there is no way you can look at them and say, oh, that person has a black father and a white mother etc.
I guess I missed something, or didn't get the proper translation, I thought the whole point of all the comments was that Latinos like all other races come in different hues/skin tones when it comes to color and that after much deliberation the reason for the difference in color is obvious.