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monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
154. He looks to you
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 08:53 AM
Oct 2015

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.

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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