Double Consciousness - Latest Comments in Skin Color: Hispanic

Re: Skin Color: Hispanic

Bella — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:42:54 -0000

i'm Hispanic and i'm as white as it get's and a pain it the a$$ when people don't believe me just because i don't have a brown skin tone

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Mamidulse — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:56:52 -0000

Perfect way to explain it. I totally agree with your answer!

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Dulse — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:54:11 -0000

Thank u! Finally somebody that I agree with on this issue ;)

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Bill — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:59:38 -0000

First and foremost, I pray that the girl is found alive and well. That's the important thing!

As for the Hispanic skin color, that's quite a bit ridiculous on multi-levels! Hispanic is a loaded term that does not solely imply actual Spanish or even part Spanish ancestry. In fact, one need not have a single drop of Spanish blood in them to be Hispanic. All that's required to be Hispanic is that you're born in a Spanish-speaking nations, speak Spanish, and have one of the various Spanish-related cultures to one degree or another.

Just for the record though, Spaniards are very much by and large White, on a par with, let's say, Norway - both are 99.99 percent White nations.

Hispanics can be White. Hispanics can be Black, And Hispanics can come in all shades, degrees, and mixes in between - Brown. Sadly, the average Idiot American doesn't seem to have the cognitive abilities to comprehend this simple truth and fact. the result being that most Anglo Americans (which incidentally, can also be Black, Brown, or White - Anglo being the Teutonic equivalent of Hispano(ic), erroneously think of Hispanics as being neither Black nor White, but some shade in between. This could potentially pose problems in searching for a criminal or a victim who's been stated to "look Hispanic". Suppose that Hispanic is White! Or suppose that Hispanic is Black! Right there, an automatic impediment of progress has surfaced.

No, my friends! Hispanic and the broader Latino are not races, skin colors, facial features, statures, or anything racially related. Today, Latino refers to language and culture alone. It is not a tribe or nation of people or a race. Hispanic likewise.

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Dominican Hair Products — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:02:18 -0000

I hope and pray the little girl is found as well. I hate to hear about children who have been forcibly taken.

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Flower Hair Accessories — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:37:20 -0000

Sometimes I like to take a look on skin colors of people. Some people should have shine or light skin color then good looking. Some people should have dark skin then good looking. so i dont think that there will have any limited to made decision that what skin color is good or not good.

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temporary hair color — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:11:24 -0000

I like Hispanic people. I think they are cool!

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Chi Silk Infusion — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:43:26 -0000

i thinking the George Lopez look is the default setting for Hispanic features.

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hairextensionprices — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:55:23 -0000

This is awesome..

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Chi Silk Infusion — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:53:36 -0000

You are quite a good writer. I like Hispanic people. I think they are cool!

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Emilio — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:42:37 -0000

Increasingly more women desire to change the color of their hair. Unfortunately, just a few of them succeed to make the best decision. There are so many dyes and all of them seem to match your personality! And still, what should you know when choosing the right hair color for you? Before doing this step, try to find more information about the most common types of dye and colors. Consider the tone of your skin and the color of your eyes, because these factors are directly related to your success or failure.

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Stephanie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:10:05 -0000

I identify with what you are saying. I am the product of a Mexican father of African & Indian origin and a Biracial (White & Black)-mother. People frequently especially White Americans say that I am lying about my heritage. Usually, they would ask, " How are you Hispanic, your black?" or " You dont look part white." I tried to educate people there are black people who live in Mexico but they choose to stick to their ignorance. I try educate people to realize that multracial people can come in all phenotypes but it seems that they do not have a clue. I figure that maybe its their limited exposure to multiracial people.

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Sara — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:07:29 -0000

wow, Jules, I really appreciate you sharing your personal experience with race/ethnicity/authenticity. I love it. You have a lot to say, you should blog...I mean, I think blogging is a way for some of us to figure out our place in society. You really have a lot of insight too, I'd like to hear more from you. I'm glad I checked the comments here randomly...life has been busy. Well, take care, and thank you for sharing your thoughts! Sara

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jules — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:19:30 -0000

Thank you for writing this. I'm new to this site, and will definitely keep reading. As someone who identifies as mestizo (mom is white, dad is south american-hispanic) I so rarely see any mention of differences between people of Latin American origin. South America experienced colonialism differently then Central America and Mexico did, so Mexicans tend to be more "Indian looking" then, say, urban Chileans.

For years I have actively avoided discussing race/family with people I don't know well, though people frequently inqure about my background. Responses such as"but you don't look Mexican" or "but you don't speak spanish!" or "totally doesn't count because you don't live with your dad and his family and aren't part of the culture" piss me off. Worse are people who accuse me of lying to get out of my responsibility as a white person or slough off my white privilege. This is not my intention, and I fully except the privileges I am conveyed by "reading" as white in many circumstances.

For a long time I thought that it was my job to educate people about the different racial and ethnic groups that live in Latin America/the Carribean, but I'm just tired of it. I'm tired of being accused of ugly things, and tired of having to explain myself and feel awkward. I'm tired of defending my right to say that I am hispanic or part hispanic without being called a liar, racist, or cultural appropriator. Sometimes I want to talk about my dad, he was a cool guy who died young and whose absence had a huge impact on my life. But now I avoid the subject. Worse then being accused of racism/cultural appropriation/white guilt sloughing are the people who ask me (when I say that my father is deceased) if he was a drug dealer, or in if he did coke (a primary export of his home country). Its racist, its rude, and its insensitive to the fact that I'm opening up about a close death. They never asked me if he liked coffee, which is something that his country exports a large quantity of.

There are a lot of places around the world where people have beige-olive skin, brown-black hair and brown-black eyes. I've faced overt racism from people who assume that I'm Native American, Middle Eastern, or Jewish. I don't get questions about my immigration status or whether or not my family speaks Spanish at home, but have had some awkward encounters at the airport, and was once chased several blocks by a drunk anti-semite who wanted to know why my bank stole his money. I was 14.

Jeez, sorry I wrote you a novel. My status as someone of indeterminate hispanic-ness is something I've been wrestling with recently, both because of the roll of perception of race in who gets privilege (how people see you matters more then who you really are in terms of privilege), and an increased awareness of who gets to talk about their heritage and how. Like, nobody questions my boyfriend's authenticity or motives when he talks about being Norwegian, and nobody calls people out when they say that they are Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, Belgian, Polish, Ukranian...and and and and and. People with little or no connection to their one or two token Irish ancestors from the famine get super into their national identity, but get weirded out when I talk about South America. I'm trying to find a way to bring this up constrictively, but haven't quite figured out how.

Re: Skin Color: Hispanic

Aspasia — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:56:23 -0000

"Okay, this is just off. A "Hispanic" skin tone does not exist. Anyone can be Hispanic, and you might not even know it! "

Yeah, thank you! I am so sick of people (I thought this was just confined to the Midwest) thinking the George Lopez look is the default setting for Hispanic features. I hope and pray the little girl is found as well. I hate to hear about children who have been forcibly taken.

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Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:06:23 -0000

my point is, all races are social constructs, not just "hispanic".

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yoburtun — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:54:50 -0000

I don't think you get it...Hispanic isn't a race...

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yoburtun — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:52:57 -0000

I don't think you get it...Hispanic isn't a race...

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Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:11:25 -0000

isn't this the problem with *all* racial identification?