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In reply to the discussion: I am Latina but pass as White [View all]artislife
(9,497 posts)20. ^^^This.....
My grandmother came here "illegally" and married a Native American man. Their history shaped my father and his choices. My brothers and I were formed out of those. We all reacted differently but the society has reacted differently to us.
I have sat on buses listened to racist spew. One of the reasons I left So California was the crap I heard after the riots following the Rodney King verdict.
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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