Stormhammer
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i remember my filipino friend saying over there they treat lighter skin filipinos better because the lighter skin is seen as a sign of wealth and the darker skin is more for the poor/laborers
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Study: lighter-skinned black and Hispanic people look smarter to white people.
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OldAsUrSock
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The girl on the right isnt black tho.
Vermillion
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Yup.
Came into the thread looking for this when I saw the OP
Black Republican
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makes me want to darken my skin even more!
Epsilon-delta
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This is true. Come to think of it, I can't remember when was the last time that Miss Philippines wasn't light-skinned.
Isn't there something similar to that in India as well?
Vermillion
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That... why?
gutter_trash
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are people from Catalan, Galicia and Basque country considered Hispanic too?
I find that kind of odd because the gist that i get is that Hispanic is an over-general term for native Spanish speakers.
If Catalan speakers are born in Catalunya, Spain.... are they Hispanic? i think not.
pokeystaples
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Melanin be POPPIN!
Kite
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It's the same in Taiwan/China. Darker skin = tanned = working in the fields = poor/low class. That is why you see many asian women walking around in the summer with umbrellas. My mother nearly faints when she sees other Americans sun tanning and thinks they're crazy lol
GungHo
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I'd like to be able to say they got this from the Spaniards, because that was how they ran Central and South America via interbreeding, but it exists in other parts of Asia that had nothing to do with the Spaniards.
Rastafarian42
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Yeah it's pretty apparent especially if you see City of God or City of Men its something you can pick up on if you pay attention.
Vulcano's assistant
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Kids films not helping either
(The Hispanic scientist from Big Hero 6)
(The Hispanic scientist from Big Hero 6)
RockTurtle
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Kids films not helping either
(The Hispanic scientist from Big Hero 6)
whats wrong with this?
Hispanic last name, Hebrew first name. I sometimes wonder how fucked I might be.
My friend is half Catalan and he got a Hispanic scholarship, so I guess so.
Kids films not helping either
(The Hispanic scientist from Big Hero 6)
Lots of Hispanic people look like this, although I agree that it's a little offensive to make the scientist very white. We need more darker Hispanic characters in roles like that.
Don't think it matters really personally, but she doesn't look like a hispanic women to me.
The same rationale that people have with the other Disney Princess recently.
People are right, there are plenty of lighter skinned Hispanics. The issue then comes in where intended demographics still can't connect. You can put forth a character intending it to be inclusive and still miss large groups of people. Hispanic demographic is as large and varied as any other, some people simply won't be able to connect to a light skinned individual. There's nothing wrong with that, it just is. Most likely why they added this one.
gutter_trash
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just to be clear, since there are divergences on the definition of the term.
is it based on mother tongue? native language spoken? ancestry?
it cannot be about race since it is a mosaic and melting pot of varieties across the Americas.
is it based on mother tongue? native language spoken? ancestry?
it cannot be about race since it is a mosaic and melting pot of varieties across the Americas.
CadetMahoney
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Any country in Central America, I bet not even 20% of the population look like that. Some Cameron Diaz thing going on.
Blackstarhat
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Who cares what white people think fuck white supremacy.
Vermillion
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Unfortunately, everyone.
I heard this on game of thrones.
I suggest you educate yourself, or better yet, travel before making baseless assumptions like that.
CadetMahoney
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uh I've been there thank you.
Absolutely. But what percentage of Hispanic people are Central American? I doubt more than a quarter.
In Spain or even some former Spanish colonies, people who look like that aren't unheard-of.
gutter_trash
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http://www.diffen.com/difference/Hispanic_vs_Latino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbCvyxMeNI
looks like USA fucked up both terms Hispanic and Latino, wow bravo Richard Nixon.
Because in Europe, the term Latino was designated to the lands conquered by the Roman Empire who adopted Latin and transformed later into Italian, Spanish, Portuguese-Galician, Catalan, French, Romanian etc and the language left its mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbCvyxMeNI
looks like USA fucked up both terms Hispanic and Latino, wow bravo Richard Nixon.
Because in Europe, the term Latino was designated to the lands conquered by the Roman Empire who adopted Latin and transformed later into Italian, Spanish, Portuguese-Galician, Catalan, French, Romanian etc and the language left its mark
Yep, its always funny when I tell white people where im from:
1. But your english is so good!
2. You dont act latino at all!
3. Do you know Shakira?
4. Do you have swimming pools overthere?
1. But your english is so good!
2. You dont act latino at all!
3. Do you know Shakira?
4. Do you have swimming pools overthere?
Lol no idea she was hispanic, so much bs.Kids films not helping either
(The Hispanic scientist from Big Hero 6)
R10Neymarfan
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I am curious about the lighter skin phenomena that's been happening for thousands of years even before the Western Caucasian bias came into play.
Wonder if their been like a reason for that. Why lighter=better
Wonder if their been like a reason for that. Why lighter=better
gutter_trash
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Cleopatra would bath in milk to bleach her skin, this trend has been going even in BC old timey times
Most of my family members from my dad's side of the family looks like that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicans_of_European_descent
gutter_trash
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When the society we live in is based on white supremacy then I think all of us should care, especially the people who are most effected by it.
Rich people don't work in the sun.
poopninjamvc3mk
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Stereogatari
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I suspect we humans have an underlying biological bias against darker skin. Wonder if there is any research into the matter...
I mean it's so pervasive across the world.
Because they speak Spanish and their European heritage was traditionally valued over their Amerindian heritage by the West.
It's the same reason that Americans, who are mostly not ethnically English, are considered Anglos.
Jawbreaker
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Field workers, or those of a lower class, have historically had darker skin because they labored under the sun day in & day out. The upper class of course, had no reason to be working under those conditions for hours, so they maintained a lighter complexion. As a result, darker skin became synonymous with "lower class" or "peasant."
gutter_trash
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uh what? Americans' largest ancestral background is actually German
Geographical region might have an influence on this? You'll be hard-pressed to find one like that in Houston.
Stereogatari
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Yes but they are Anglicized.
Exactly. Many Hispanic people are not mostly Spanish in ancestry, just as most Americans are not predominately English in ancestry.
gutter_trash
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more like Americanized since Anglicized means your are in cahoots with the Red Coats or a Loyalists
true dat, many people from different parts of the world migrated to the Americas, one of Peru's former head of state was of Japanese decent, two Chilean heads of states were of French decent, in Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina have lots of Italian and German decents. You got Mexicans of Lebanese decent
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