(October 21, 2015 at 6:59 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Latin America is perhaps the most racially diverse region on the planet. There are white people in Latin America who are mostly or totally of European ancestry (especially in Argentina, where whites are a majority, as well as a large minority of Brazilians). There are also Africans, Natives, and people who are a mixture of two or even all three of these races.
That's why the American classification of a "Latino race" is silly. It's like referring to everyone born in The USA, regardless of their race, as one "American" race, or calling them "English" just because that's the language most of them speak. I feel like referring to all Latin Americans as this homogeneous "brown" group erases the important fractious race and class politics that ravage the region (far more severe than in The USA). Countries like Brazil (not Hispanic, but Latino) have immense issues with class politics and societal divisions. If you are a Brazilian, then the idea of Americans seeing you as one homogeneous group is downright baffling. I think this is one of the best examples of what poor geographical knowledge The USA (stereotypically) tends to have of other countries.
I actually made a another thread on this, specifically why the term people of color is ignorant and silly
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
