āoh but you donāt look latineā
what? i have no idea what youāre talking about. iām guessing you have a preconceived idea of what a latine should look / sound / do based on theĀ āclassicā latines that you see in the media all the time, like:
and theyāre great, but thereās also white latines, like:
and donāt forget about the black latines, such as:
and the indigenous latines are also very important:
and thereās also chinese latines, like Harry Shum, Jr. yeah, thay guy from glee and the shadowhunters (the netflix show). i donāt know if he self identifies as latino, but he was born in Costa Rica and lived there for six years, so that makes him latino by definition.
in fact, thereās presence of many asian racial / ethnic groups, but theyāre not very common in the media. thatās why iām not including any pictures. but theyāre here and we love them.
and letās not even talk about the mixing going on with all of the above because this post could go on for years
so bottom line:Ā
latinoamƩrica is a big beautiful melting pot of everything
latine is not a skin color, itās an ethnicity
thereās no such thing asĀ ālooking latineā. all latines are different
and it is possible that not every latine self identifies as poc
I forget Kid Cudi is mixed race
