This is probably a good time to consider @BlackGirlDanger on white Latinos who say they are people of color:http://www.blackgirldangerous.org/2012/08/20121127the-white-skinned-elephant-in-the-room/ …
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Three Latinxs I personally know, who have not lived their lives as black people, are now claiming their Afro-Latino because of an ancestor.
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I get the thing where we want to honor our ancestors of color... What I don't get is when people suddenly front for something they're not.
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If you're not black when you go to school, go to the hospital, apply for a job, when get pulled over, then you're not black. Sorry.
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And I get that there's a stigma for Spanish and Portuguese last names. But if you're white, you're white. That includes white Latinos.
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As I've said previously, if you're a white South African, your country of origin doesn't make you a person of color. You still white.
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Take Cameron Díaz. She's Latina, and proud of it. But yeah, she's white. Don't tell me otherwise.pic.twitter.com/SK6FncuzhD
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@aurabogado So do you think it's mainly (or toatally) to do with skin colour? -
@Nick_O_Larse There's real light skinned people... But there are white people. Like, clearly blonde hair blue eye people, you know? - 7 more replies
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.... I'm standing here reading this like... Please go on...
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@aurabogado@boldandworthy in some Latin nations causing a lot of erasure that goes on generations.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado@boldandworthy and don't know it because the history is shielded from us. They only mark visibly black people as blackThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado@boldandworthy this is odd. Most Latinos I know who are coming here are IDing as white. There a lot of Latinos that are blackThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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