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Originally posted by Beautiful Liar
The whole he is Latino and white skin therefore he is of the white race or he is a dark skin therefore he is of the black race is so foolish go to Chile and tell a white skin Hispanic he is of the white race and see what happens I can assure you it won't be good I never understand why White Americans like to speak and label our race in Spanish speaking countries were taught that were our own race
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first, some of the people who corrected you, including myself, are POC and not all of US are american
second, its not just dark skin white skin. black latino are latinos who have africa ancestry. white latinos have european ancestry. some latinos have native ancestry, some latinos have asian ancestry, while others are a mix of anything of the 4.
you dont get to turn your nationality into another race. So while socially, you guys might not label yourselfs as black, white, etc that doesnt mean that race is not there.
my roommate is mexican but understands that she is a mix of european and native ancestry
latino is not a race because latinos can be of any race