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Topic: 40% black- Mexican look like? |
interesado
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Views: 17434
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Forum: Latin America Posted: Thu 14 Jun 2007 02:19 Subject: 40% black- Mexican look like? |
Beware with Mexico Negro, is an afro-centric website.
All of their claims of famous mexicans with african ancestry are only based on speculation. |
Topic: Are Argentineans "Racist" (and in what sense)? |
interesado
Replies: 52
Views: 12945
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Forum: Latin America Posted: Sat 30 Dec 2006 21:39 Subject: Are Argentineans "Racist" (and in what sense)? |
I have seen people mimmick monkeys around Black people.
That happens around the world.
In mexican soccer is becoming a common thing. This year happend to soccer player Kleber Boas a lot. The C ... |
Topic: With Jewish Roots Now Prized, Spain Starts Digging |
interesado
Replies: 13
Views: 1857
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Sat 11 Nov 2006 18:05 Subject: With Jewish Roots Now Prized, Spain Starts Digging |
Most Lebanese Christians in Latin America are considered white themselves, and they look like the common European Jew.
Some Jews look white, some don't. I don't deny some don't.
But again, the N ... |
Topic: Texas Mexicans and the Politics of Whiteness |
interesado
Replies: 1
Views: 1830
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Forum: History of the U.S. One-Drop Rule Posted: Tue 03 Oct 2006 03:01 Subject: Texas Mexicans and the Politics of Whiteness |
Well, for several decades, the people that called themselves mexicans in the united states where white.
I find funny how many people use this thing tring to prove something, like the denial of race ... |
Topic: Black Brazil seeks a better future |
interesado
Replies: 4
Views: 1265
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Forum: Latin America Posted: Thu 28 Sep 2006 03:01 Subject: Black Brazil seeks a better future |
How are they going to define who is white and who is black?
Is an honest question.
Don't they think that when you try to split people into two racial poles, maybe you are going to end up giving ... |
Topic: Suri Cruise -- Asian Baby? |
interesado
Replies: 4
Views: 613
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Wed 27 Sep 2006 17:42 Subject: Suri Cruise -- Asian Baby? |
Actually i tought the same the first time I saw her picture.
It's something in the eyes. |
Topic: Caste System, An Article Defending It |
interesado
Replies: 67
Views: 9033
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Sun 10 Sep 2006 14:40 Subject: Caste System, An Article Defending It |
Too much Jewish examples.
As I've read the supposed Jewish communities in India are still in debate, and most of them appear to be imposters, just to immigrate to a fairly developed country like Is ... |
Topic: Face Transformer |
interesado
Replies: 4
Views: 776
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Sun 03 Sep 2006 00:09 Subject: Face Transformer |
It doesnt look like right.
I'm trying any picture i find in the internet with a front position, you get better results but doen't look right enough.
I'm a photoshop freak, I once tried changing th ... |
Topic: Making the Cut |
interesado
Replies: 13
Views: 2739
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Forum: Molecular Anthropology and Genetics Posted: Sat 26 Aug 2006 17:26 Subject: Making the Cut |
| I have seen a Jewish girl who looks Irish.She has red hair and was very white yet her father looks like a Spaniard and he is a Sephardic Jew.And I was friends at school with a European looking girl wi ... |
Topic: A race left behind by a Revolution |
interesado
Replies: 4
Views: 1276
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Forum: Latin America Posted: Sat 26 Aug 2006 16:55 Subject: A race left behind by a Revolution |
I agree with you that the money from relatives made a difference in the lives of Cubans. One thing that the article did not cover was the lack of presence of dark-skinned Cubans in the upper echelo ... |
Topic: Mexicans in China |
interesado
Replies: 6
Views: 4093
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Forum: Latin America Posted: Sat 19 Aug 2006 03:38 Subject: Mexicans in China |
Interesting, where i come from, Chinese mixed with everybody.
Maybe the same can be applied here, the point is that according to the stories, some Chinese, specially the ones with power, where very ... |
Topic: Mexicans in China |
interesado
Replies: 6
Views: 4093
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Forum: Latin America Posted: Fri 18 Aug 2006 02:44 Subject: Mexicans in China |
Yes is something that happened around the 1920's during the mexican revolution.
Few has been written about this, but people are getting more interested.
There's stories about how Pancho Villa de ... |
Topic: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
interesado
Replies: 66
Views: 13680
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Tue 08 Aug 2006 21:55 Subject: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
Perhaps you are right. In my case I am a Chilean, where the concept of "white" means simply "westernized" or "mainly" European.
Ok
I also lived in Canada, wher ... |
Topic: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
interesado
Replies: 66
Views: 13680
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Tue 08 Aug 2006 18:48 Subject: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
I still insist oevega you live in a fantasy world.
Benito Juarez, Vicente Guerrero, who cares? They were the exception that confirms the rule. Most historians tend to avoid the racist claims the op ... |
Topic: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
interesado
Replies: 66
Views: 13680
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Tue 08 Aug 2006 17:22 Subject: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
I told you that Gabriela Frias is the only one that looks fairly mixed, and besides, most people in CNN look white, those pictures makes them look like they have a tan.
I really think you have a se ... |
Topic: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
interesado
Replies: 66
Views: 13680
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Tue 08 Aug 2006 14:25 Subject: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
http://www.cnn.com/espanol/presentadores/goodman.al.html
http://www.cnn.com/espanol/presentadores/montero.ana.html
http://www.cnn.com/espanol/presentadores/montero.carlos.html
http://www.cnn.com/es ... |
Topic: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
interesado
Replies: 66
Views: 13680
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Tue 08 Aug 2006 14:02 Subject: Re: whiteness |
That's the point. What does mean to be white. If you ask that question in Latin America, white means to be white. Color white, colored eyes, pink skin color. Not European. When we talk about "g ... |
Topic: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
interesado
Replies: 66
Views: 13680
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Forum: International Stories Posted: Tue 08 Aug 2006 13:48 Subject: Racial Blindness: Are they white? |
Omar,
Whiteness is about power, wealth, and privilege. It's a game. To be white does not mean to be blonde and pale skin. Being white in America is about allowing all Europeans to have a common ... |
Topic: Brazil Wants to Ban Mulattos and Give Blacks an ID. |
interesado
Replies: 169
Views: 21976
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Forum: Latin America Posted: Fri 04 Aug 2006 18:15 Subject: Brazil Wants to Ban Mulattos and Give Blacks an ID. |
My mind is totally blown away by this revelation that women (or people) of southern Italian hue to that of the complexion of Valeria Valenssa could be commonly refered to as "Morena." At t ... |
Topic: Palestinian media's racist terms against Dr. Condoleeza Rice |
interesado
Replies: 32
Views: 2366
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Forum: Improving U.S. Society Posted: Thu 03 Aug 2006 18:04 Subject: Palestinian media's racist terms against Dr. Condoleeza Rice |
Being Jewish does not make one automatically anti-Arab anymore than being Arab makes one automatically anti-American. If you are referring to ethnic/religious/international tensions then it would m ... |
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