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Originally Posted by DontSweatTheTechnique
Don't mean to offend anyone but I would say that a hispanic person could be considered white if they could fit into a 1950's tv show like Leave it to Beaver or I love Lucy. Someone like Dezi Arnez or Jose Canseco could fit in as white but they are always going to be described also as Cuban. Just my opinion.
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Even though Desi is pretty much white, one reason Cubans like him even have a problem with identifying with Europe (or being identified with Europe) is that their culture is very much mulatto. Listen to the music and look at the imagery of Desi's band, and what you see is very, very African. Cubans, from the whitest white to the blackest black (and even the Chinese), have a culture that is in every way a fusion of black and white, of Spain (and France) and West Africa. Anyone from this type of culture, no matter what they look like, often are not seen as white. Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other cultures are equally mixed.
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Another opinion is if the hispanic person had at least 1 or 2 grandparents that had colored eyes or light(er) hair they could be considered white. This way they have those recessive genes that are considered white.
Just my opinions. Don't mean to offend.
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No offense taken. However, I'm an obviously black Cuban. But I fit the above description - I have lots of ancestors who were not Africans, but nobody's ever going to call me or my nappy blond-haired, blue-eyed Cuban American child white. Latinos are very mixed, and few of us are white, no matter how much we want to aspire to it.
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