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South America is mind-glowingly multicultural, most people don't realize it but when countries like Australia barely had any non-white person around, South America already had a large multicultural population.
Part of the belief that South America is monolithic comes from Hollywood often portraying South America as if it was Mexico and associating it with the stereotype of Mexico when in reality South America is pretty different.
Yes South America is very diverse. While Argentina or Uruguay are very European (based on huge european immigration) rest of the continent has much bigger African, Amerindian and even Asian population (mixed races and so on too).
Suriname for example is very multiracial country.
To image of Latin America being Mexico like is i suspect, because Mexicans are majority among Latinos in the US, people think they are representative to whole Latin America.
Yes South America is very diverse. While Argentina or Uruguay are very European (based on huge european immigration) rest of the continent has much bigger African, Amerindian and even Asian population (mixed races and so on too).
Suriname for example is very multiracial country.
To image of Latin America being Mexico like is i suspect, because Mexicans are majority among Latinos in the US, people think they are representative to whole Latin America.
I know!!
In Colombia and Venezuela there are even towns where most people are muslims and there aren't even churches, there are mosques!!!
Yet you won't hear that!
People, mostly thanks to Hollywood picture it all like Mexico!
South America is mind-glowingly multicultural, most people don't realize it but when countries like Australia barely had any non-white person around, South America already had a large multicultural population.
Part of the belief that South America is monolithic comes from Hollywood often portraying South America as if it was Mexico and associating it with the stereotype of Mexico when in reality South America is pretty different.
I used to think that South America was like 50% Spanish and 50% native American. I thought that Latin Americans were predominantly Mestizos and I always pictured them to look like George Lopez and Michelle Rodriguez.
Mind you, this had nothing to do with my perception of Mexicans, as we barely have Mexicans here in Australia. So I wasn't really too familiar with them. I merely based them on the Chilean and Peruvian people in my city (some were close friends) and they usually had a "Mestizo look".
It was only 10 years ago when I realized that South America had ethnic Italians, Portuguese (yep, didn't know that Brazil was Portuguese-speaking) and South Asian. And now recently, I learned that it also has Germans, Slavs, Arabs, Asians and many other diverse ethnic groups. It's amazing.
A lot of what the English speaking world interprets as Japanese culture is chinese.
I lived in Japan when memoirs of a Geisha came out and many Japanese were very offended because the actors were notoriously Chinese, but also a lot of decorations, dances, customs didn't even look remotely like anything Japanese.
My my now Irene has lived in Japan before! A world citizen indeed.
My my now Irene has lived in Japan before! A world citizen indeed.
Lol, I was thinking the same thing.
It was a matter of time before she came in with her South America diversity vs Mexico comments. Because diversity only exists in Colombia and South America.
omg my fans are back (greysholic, urbanlouis, rosa surf)
these fellas CANNOT WAIT until I am back because as soon as they see me minding my own business they log back on to attack me and insult me and stalk me all over.
yes memoirs of a geisha is ridiculous and it doesn't portray japanese culture because it was full of chinese stuff... now go cry somewhere else
I AM THE ONE WHO WAS IN JAPAN WHEN THE MOVIE CAME OUT
I used to think that South America was like 50% Spanish and 50% native American. I thought that Latin Americans were predominantly Mestizos and I always pictured them to look like George Lopez and Michelle Rodriguez.
Mind you, this had nothing to do with my perception of Mexicans, as we barely have Mexicans here in Australia. So I wasn't really too familiar with them. I merely based them on the Chilean and Peruvian people in my city (some were close friends) and they usually had a "Mestizo look".
It was only 10 years ago when I realized that South America had ethnic Italians, Portuguese (yep, didn't know that Brazil was Portuguese-speaking) and South Asian. And now recently, I learned that it also has Germans, Slavs, Arabs, Asians and many other diverse ethnic groups. It's amazing.
Latin America in general is quite diverse, but Brazil takes the cake. You will not find a country there that is as diverse- Japanese, African, Polish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Lebanese. It's all there in substantial numbers.
There is 1.6 million Japanese living in Brazil, the largest Japanese population outside Japan. The Japanese are so proud of their country and culture. Unlike the Chinese, Indian, Korean, they rarely immigrate to the other first world countries like USA, Canada, Australia etc.
Foreign students from Japan always go back to Japan after their graduation from universities and colleges in the other developed Western countries.
Most of the so-called "Japanese" restaurants in the U.S, Canada and Australia are actually run by the Chinese, and not the authentic Japanese restaurants. And we don't see vice versa, i.e the Chinese restaurants run by the Japanese.
So, why the people from the safest country in the world selected one of the most dangerous countries in the world to settle down? Why Brazil, and not U.S.A, Canada, Australia, Germany etc.?
Yes South America is very diverse. While Argentina or Uruguay are very European (based on huge european immigration) rest of the continent has much bigger African, Amerindian and even Asian population (mixed races and so on too).
Suriname for example is very multiracial country.
To image of Latin America being Mexico like is i suspect, because Mexicans are majority among Latinos in the US, people think they are representative to whole Latin America.
10% of Uruguay's population has African ancestry tho'. That's much more than countries like Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, etc.
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