If Latinos get considered "white", would Native Americans and Mulattoes/Biracials also be considered "white" by default? (thought, Hispanic)

[nickerman]

how can Latinos be white when they aren't white. White is a color. Look it up in the dictionary. Brown is a color also. Aren't most Latinos brown color.

[AFP]

Originally Posted by nickerman

how can Latinos be white when they aren't white. White is a color. Look it up in the dictionary. Brown is a color also. Aren't most Latinos brown color.

This post doesn't make any sense. Why do people post on here that don't have the slightest clue.

[bewitchyou]

either you have melanin or you don't. If you do have it, it varies. it's that simple.

[oldwoman]

We're all brown.

[Escort Rider]

Originally Posted by oldwoman

We're all brown.

Except albinos.

As to another poster who wrote that Latinos aren't white, if one has spent much time in any Latino community (as I have), one will realize that many Latinos are indeed white, even if the majority tend more towards brown. The Spaniards who colonized most of Central and South America were white. As they inter-bred more and more with Native Americans, the progeny became browner in general, but those people whose ancestry remained more Spanish (and less Indian) remained white.

[engineman]

Latinos are like crayons, they come in assorted colors.

[LifeIsGood01]

Originally Posted by GuitarHero45

There's a lot of talk about Latinos being considered white in the future of America because of assimilation or intermarriage, but since a substantial amount of Latinos are of Native(Mayan/Andean) or Triracial/Trigueno descent, would that mean that non-hispanic Native Americans/Metis and non-hispanic Biracials/Mulattos/Creoles will be considered "white" as well in the same process.

If not, wouldn't that be unfair to exclude mixed/full Native Americans and Biracial/Creole people from identifying as "white" while their Latino look-a-likes get to enjoy that benefit?

Some Hispanics are white. They are descended from the white people of Spain.

[Pincho-toot]

White Hispanics are white just like white Americans. White Hispanics are like white Southerners as in they may have some black or native ancestry but it's overwhelmingly European. And some white Hispanics are 100% European. It depends on how recent their family has been living in the Americas for.

I am Hispanic and no one knows unless I tell them. Largely European descent not just from Spain and Portugal but also from the Netherlands and Italy. I don't have a "Latino" accent at all. Maybe a slight southern twang on some words, dassit. And many many white Hispanics are like this. You would never know they were Hispanic unless they have an accent that gives it away, you hear them speak Spanish perfectly (which is still not 100%, I was told by a German teacher that my pronunciation is like a native's) or you find out their surname. Even the surname isn't always 100% because of adoption and marriage. Also many Hispanics have non-Spanish surnames. My great grandmother had a Dutch surname.

[farinello]

During colonial times, weddings between white people, either born in America or Spain, and non.whites were illegitimate and offsprings were considered bastards. They could not be christened by the Catholic church.
Inhabitants of the Canary Islands were not considered white.
But of course, there were an unordinate amount of "bastards" that received many denominations.
For Americans, Latins are Mexicans as there are almost no South Americans.
It was no different during the pioneering days in North America, that's why many American families that have been living in the US since the 17th century have Indian or black blood.
Women travelled bad in those ships...and the quality of women making the Americas in those times was rather dubious.