are ppl seriously arguing over whether or not pedro pascal is white again??
tl;dr: it is way more of a nuanced answer than yes or no. whiteness is perceived and defined very differently across *all* latin countries on top of how whiteness is defined in the USA
also, if you are not latin american, this is not a conversation for you to participate in
i’m latino. i’m from south mexico, born there, raised in the US. i’m not white.
keep in mind, the caste system is a big big reason everyone is trying to label pedro as white or not, and, if ppl aren’t aware, latin america is so mixed bc of colonization. we don’t have a single race, latin americans are and can be anything and everything between white, indigenous, black, asian, arab, etc. etc. etc. not to mention, its just as possible that in different places within the same country, you’d be labeled a different race completely dependent on what your heritage is, which we don’t know abt pedro pascal as fans!!
& that comment he made about being white, please understand this is a cultural thing. often times we’ll create or go by nicknames based on our physical features. if you’ve seen encanto, you’ll see within the same family people can look very different. being called white in this regard is more of a comparison to the people around you than actually being a white person. you’re lighter than others, so you’re fondly called white, but you’re still not A White Person.
again, i’m not white, i wasn’t born in the US, but i *did* grow up here, and i share pretty similar features and experiences to pedro. we’re paler and can be confused for being white by other latin americans (and even then, it’s dependent on how much sun i’ve gotten bc lol this is a pretty Of Color thing!), but i really don’t perceive him as a white man. i do not share any experiences with whiteness or white privilege, i have never been clocked as white by white americans, and i imagine if i had gotten my parents’ other last names no one would be able to pronounce them right, which pedro pascal has talked about why he dropped one of his surnames!
do y’all think diego luna or oscar isaac are white? lin-manuel miranda? this is the thing about being ethnically ambiguous, y’all. we can be light-skinned or pale and still not be white
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