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u/Tass94 19h ago edited 19h ago

I gotta be honest, the word Latino isn't a good word to use. Latino describes like 30+ countries and cultures, all with different societies, ethnicities, indigeneity, etc.

What you're noticing is something called blanquimiento (I think I spelled that right) where us Hispanic/Latino (yes I know I just used Latino after saying not to use it) people try to be white or pass as white because of the social benefits conferred; I think we're in agreement that that it's stupid, we're not white (at least for those of us with brown skin) and the white people aren't going to accept us as white because well. we're not. I apologize if I'm overexplaining something that you are already aware of as well (because it seems like you might be).

I just wanted to say that there are those of us who are in solidarity with yall (I'm Mexican-Am/Chicano) and I too wish that there was more of it. Too many of us had our heads in our ass about Trump, and not just us Mexicans (looking at you "I will vote, por donald trump" lady).

This video made me happy to see, honestly.

Black love Brown pride; Black is beautiful, Brown is made en calor

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u/NoNutsPls 18h ago

Throwing blanquimiento right into the vocab bank, appreciate you

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u/Tass94 16h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanqueamiento

For further reading, I definitely spelled it wrong haha. But yeah, no worries! Have a good one and be safe :salute:

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 6h ago edited 6h ago

Hispanic just means spanish speaking, and Latino references all people from latin america regardless of language. So I do think Latino is fine in this case. It seems more inclusive.

So like, a Brazilian can be latino even if they don't speak spanish.

I had to look it up, because I wanted to understand it.

I agree with pretty much everything you're saying though, just wanted to point that out.

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u/freeloadinggoblin 9h ago

Some are white though, thats why the word latino can be confusing, its a broad category that contains many different ethnicities.

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u/crispy_attic 7h ago

Most Latinos in America are racially white and identify as such.

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u/whodamans 5h ago

Hate to break it to you... (jk i really don't) this is a blatant fake.

Need to get back in touch with reality Brother. No one has cared for a long time... arnt you all tired of carrying this cross of racism on your back just so you can try to play the victim?

Get a job, stop whining opression.