Its important to not to negate Maya's experience. She may look Latina to us but we are only a handful of people compared to who she has met in her lifetime. The entire colorism conversation is very important and should be treated as such.
@MarioRodriguez-gr8wc
4 жыл бұрын
She looks 100% Latina to me. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
@PsychonautDreams1251
4 жыл бұрын
@@MarioRodriguez-gr8wc Okay, she looks Latina to YOU. I'm sure there are others who mistake her for white though.
@MarioRodriguez-gr8wc
4 жыл бұрын
Kirsten Iturrino 😂 I guess. I don’t see how she can be mistaken for white.
@LoveHal0
4 жыл бұрын
@@PsychonautDreams1251 girl sometimes comprehension is lost
@fernandadelima1513
4 жыл бұрын
Mario Rodriguez you need to continue to educate yourself on what COLORISM is, because your not getting it.
@SanskarWagley
4 жыл бұрын
Same thing exists in black and South Asian communities
@onceuponanexploration6048
4 жыл бұрын
Well, it's passed along as part of colonialism.
@jasmineh617
4 жыл бұрын
I am a white Cuban girl who married into a south Asian family. They glorify our child and constantly brag at how “light” he is within his south Asian family. On the contrary, my family did not like my husband because he is “dark” to them and they used to say things like “what a shame”.....its so wrong....I genuinely fear for my child when he gets older because this video mentioned bullies and my son definitely looks more south Asian than white....I wish the world was not this way...
@eb.3764
4 жыл бұрын
east asian communities
@forever.meimei
4 жыл бұрын
All POC communities have this, even individually by country...
@noraidaramirez
4 жыл бұрын
Let Latinos have our moment.
@Rikiid_
4 жыл бұрын
Melissa isn't even dark, so for her to be casted in poor roles means a person that's barely 3 shades darker than her is catching hell
@purplecatinlove1900
4 жыл бұрын
Thotimus Prime I was thinking the same thing people that are brown skin always play the maid novelas have change but for Melissa to saying she dark girl please
@enriquecerros
4 жыл бұрын
@May Sal The one drop rule exists in Latin America too. She is not seeing as pure white because she is a “mestiza” a person with mixed Native American and European ancestry. The lead roles in telenovelas tend to only go to pure European Latina actresses like Ludwika Paleta, and Angelique Boyer.
@DJSwizz15
4 жыл бұрын
@@purplecatinlove1900 to some is dark
@imnotyourunicorn91
4 жыл бұрын
I used to watch a lot of TV novelas when I was younger but only one of them had a Afro-Latino. Mexican TV likes to pretend that race doesn't exist.
@moonknight4053
4 жыл бұрын
She’s darker then a white person lol she’s coloured, it’s obvious. Did y’all see her DNA results? She’s mestizo
@omeometeotl
4 жыл бұрын
Maya is not saying she looks white, she’s saying she faced LESS discrimination compared to her darker skinned brother... that’s EXACTLY what COLORISM is.
@macktasticification
4 жыл бұрын
she used the word 'passing" which means she thinks she passes for white if you pass as something people think you are that thing thats not rocket science
@omeometeotl
4 жыл бұрын
Snuff Daddy the word “passing” doesn’t mean you necessarily think you look white it mean that in relation to other people of color you can pass as “other” or something else in closer proximity to whiteness. Black people use the term “passing” as well. do you think they use it to say they think they look white? absolutely not. it’s a term to describe your proximity to white on the color scale.
@menkae6708
4 жыл бұрын
She looks white to me
@macktasticification
4 жыл бұрын
@@menkae6708 not to white people
@menkae6708
4 жыл бұрын
Snuff Daddy I’m white and she’s white lol have you been to Southern Europe?
@anonmon8550
4 жыл бұрын
I think Mya was making perfect sense. When you look at the demographics of Mexico, Mya would be 'white passing," in the sense that she is lighter skinned. This is not to say that she is a Caucasian Mexican.However, compared to her brother who looks more Indigenous than her, it makes sense that in a society that praises whiteness, how Mya would feel "preferred" compared to her brother. Conversely, if she was in a room with an actual White Mexican w/ pure European ancestry, she might receive less preferential treatment than her white counterpart; As being Caucasian in Mexico, is the standard of beauty, and social class. I am black, and this is common in our community too. Very dark skinned Black people get treated worse by society; mixed and light skinned Black people get put on a pedestal because of their proximity to whiteness; and of course, White people get the best treatment in society b/c they're white. I notice that colorism mentions the Afro-Latino experience. Can we also speak on the Anti- Indigenous sentiment in some Latin countries? I feel that sometimes both experiences get conflated. Being brown (indigenous) is a different experience from being a Black (African) Hispanic person.
@gd3098
4 жыл бұрын
You are so right. It saddens me that darker skinned people are looked down on. My family is Native and in Mexico they have always discriminated the indigenous for their skin and facial features, but others are praised for having pale skin. It’s just sad that we are in 2020 and people still receive discrimination 😔
@spacepirate3391
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about indigenous people! Its been bothering me that Pero like never talks about it. I know talking about black latinos is important but the experience of colonization and racism is different for indigenous people. For the latinos in Pero Like I think its important to talk about Native Americans. If you live in the U.S your living on Native American land and to never bring that up is very disappointing. They need Native Americans on the channnel.
@bernardofloreslopez5617
4 жыл бұрын
White skin is a phenotype. White Mexicans, unless their parents are inmigrants to Mexico, are still mixed.
@carlosm.3426
4 жыл бұрын
Being light skin in Mexico like Maya is not preferred at all, but also darker skin isnt either, the ideal skin color for Mexicans is a lighter shade of brown or olive skin tone. But someone like Maya would get made fun of for being too light, but her brother would too for being too dark. Take Canelo as an example, he was actually discriminated for his skin color, his freckles and hair color. He was not praised or worshiped for being light, it was the opposite, that is because he is TOO light for the liking of the Mexican beauty standard. So this whole "light skin is preferred in Mexico" is pure nonsense, if that was the case, Mexico would have a big skin bleaching problem like it is found in black africans, african americans, black caribbeans, south asians and Asian people. Mexico doesn't have that at all because despite the beauty standard, people are still happy with their skin tone. In fact, tanning beds and tanning sprays are a bigger seller in Mexico by a large margin than skin bleaching products. Being caucasian in Mexico is not the standard of beauty LOL where do you get that from to begin with? Please dont say novelas because I will laugh if you do. The beauty standard in Mexico is having olive skin, high cheekbones, large eyes, long straight hair with a blend of indigenous and european features. Hence why most models in Mexico are MESTIZOS, and why most Edecan girls are MESTIZAS. White people get the best treatment in the USA because in this country, they make the MAJORITY In Trinidad, the ones who get the best treatment are INDIANS because they are the MAJORITY in Mexico, the ones who get the best treatment are MESTIZOS, because they are the MAJORITY
@carm7518
4 жыл бұрын
She is probably more Caucasian than anything else. Most Latino's are predominantly Causacoid with a bit of Native or African.
@samanthamarie9220
4 жыл бұрын
I’m glad we’re talking about this. Some people aren’t ready for this conversation yet though.
@jenniferbates2811
4 жыл бұрын
Ready or not it's time
@MrBerryBrandon
4 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean, but waiting that they are ready, is not the solution.
@ghostface-x5e
4 жыл бұрын
unpopular opinion: African descendants of Cuba, PR, DR, Brazil, Peru, Panama etc. are the original creators and pioneers of Mambo, Salsa, Samba, Festejo, Reggaeton etc. through the pressures of colonialism and its aftermath. Respect it and keep steppin to it, ¿que no?🤙🏾 saludos de un indio💯 🌽🥔🌶 💯quechua y nahuatl 💯🥑🍅🌮 #soyINDÍGENAmíja #NoSoyLatinoX kzitem.info/news/bejne/rZ1utaWVjJZkdaw kzitem.info/news/bejne/rZ1utaWVjJZkdaw
@tiny2315
4 жыл бұрын
RalphE Archive Huh? That’s not an opinion that’s a fact 🤨
@alexandrafazekas9402
4 жыл бұрын
So true but they better get ready
@Xilotl
4 жыл бұрын
I see brown people on tv playing as poor or low class characters and I say "that's colorism," but my family doesn't say anything. I'm brown and I have, like many others, been treated differently simply because I was brown. I had a white Mexican friend and they treated her differently than I. But I wouldn't change my skin color for anything. I wouldn't change my heritage for anything. Shoutout to my fellow indigenous americans and ancestors!
@donnav7412
4 жыл бұрын
There's nothing to change. You are perfect as you are. Be proud of your people and your bloodline always.
@kayenjee
4 жыл бұрын
I stay calling out these novels and shows, like, I know there are latinx actors a darker shade than alabaster who could play one role in this narconovela.
@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254
4 жыл бұрын
I kind of wonder if it's reinforced in real life, like job interviewers judging darker skinned (or fill in the blank) applicants as "unworthy" of the job.
@tiny2315
4 жыл бұрын
You’re not indigenous.
@Xilotl
4 жыл бұрын
@@tiny2315 How do you know that?
@Lindamorena
4 жыл бұрын
The conversation of what Latino looks like needs to change.
@renatomacchi2195
3 жыл бұрын
Latin/Latino/Latina is NOT a LOOK, not a SKIN Color, NOT a DNA. Latin (Latin is the correct way in English) it's all about Romance Languages and Roman Latin Culture. Blame Mexican Chicano Frank del Olmo because he created this identity problem for you but choosing "Latino" instead of "Latin American/s" to identify your ethnicity. kzitem.info/news/bejne/y6930HtqoYKUnnY These are the requirements to be considered Latins. You must speak a Romance language, have Roman Latin Culture, coming from a country whose laws are based on Roman Laws and whose religion id Roman Catholic. Latin/Latino/Latina doesn't mean what you think that it means. Usdedes estan confundidos!!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
@kilex7774
4 жыл бұрын
I’m glad we are taking about this
@dukekenny9340
4 жыл бұрын
And for no reason at all
@kilex7774
4 жыл бұрын
Ken93 why do you think it is not an important conversation to have ?
@Lemon-rk9hq
4 жыл бұрын
K Ilex it’s a very important conversation to have not fair that my cousins get discriminated on my dads side
@deno.marquez
4 жыл бұрын
AMÉN!😤
@floresliz2596
4 жыл бұрын
Same, this so important.
@joz2012
4 жыл бұрын
I’m baffled at Melissa saying she’s the darkest in her family as light as she is...that’s wild to me
@Danny883YT
3 жыл бұрын
Same lmao but i've heard that in Mexican and other Latin American telenovelas, whenever they can't find a dark skinned person to play the help they usually pick a light skinned mestiza to do it
@Wasabi00009
4 жыл бұрын
It’s actually wild that she was one of the darkest people on tv, because to me she seems very white passing
@yahgirl1726
4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that same thing. But in no way was she dark. It seems like it was just a hair and eye color difference.
@recoil53
4 жыл бұрын
Well it also says something about who is allowed on tv.
@alyalvarado1667
4 жыл бұрын
But I think that was why she said at the end that she realized she's privileged. She is very light, but in comparison to the other actresses, she was darker, and she had dark hair and eyes instead of lighter hair and eyes. So, yeah, it speaks to how in the industry, they're likelier to cast people with lighter shades of skin tones than darker ones, which is wild when you consider the average Mexican or Latinx person is much darker than she is. It really is a scale, and she's near the top, but not right at the top.
@Ram_mar787
4 жыл бұрын
Right? And the ones they showed like white rich characters looked the same skin tone as her? Just dyed blonde hair....
@jellopuddingful
4 жыл бұрын
So many telenovela actresses look like her. She is super white to me. Sure some are dyed blonde but there's plenty with her skin tone. She's like porcelain. They should have chosen a much darker person to speak on this.
@PapiGalleto
4 жыл бұрын
I agree I'm full Mexican and I get confused with White all the time because of my complexion and green eyes. I have gotten a warning pass for speeding and my warning ticket said I was white according to the cop. My sister on the other end who has a darker complexion than I do has gotten a speeding ticket, no free warning pass like I had. That overall says a lot. I also notice when my sister and I go to stores together I noticed the people are more welcoming to me than towards my sister. It makes me so angry, yet people have the audacity to claim colorism and racism doesn't exist 🙄
@macktasticification
4 жыл бұрын
IN FACT they put us as white so they could LEGALLY discriminate against us. You know we had to get to the back of the bus too right? “That’s discrimination” “no it isn’t we see you as white....no get to the back!” we had to take it to the Supreme Court to fight that shit and started the 1st go fund me in the process. Stop letting sell outs and white people trying to divide our people teach u about our history
@volcrazy89
4 жыл бұрын
The only way you're "full Mexican" is if you're 100% indigenous.
@PapiGalleto
4 жыл бұрын
@@macktasticification I'm speaking from experience and what i had seen for myself. I am not following from what other people had told me like the claim you made.
@PapiGalleto
4 жыл бұрын
@@volcrazy89 I meant both parents being Mexican, I should've clarified it better.
@macktasticification
4 жыл бұрын
@@PapiGalleto bruh im "passing" and I get fucked with by cops, followed in stores, fit descriptions, etc etc so im calling bullshit. and again the idea is not racist cops or white people its fake colorism in the latino community so your examples are mute anyway. FOH
@sarificacionable
4 жыл бұрын
Hoy es el Día internacional de la mujer afrodescendiente
@mehkiyataylor7201
4 жыл бұрын
🖤🖤🖤
@CyanAnn
4 жыл бұрын
When schools desegregated in the US, the racist schools got around having to admit black people by admitting light-skinned Latinos in the white schools and darker-skinned Latinos in the black school. This means that if my siblings and I were born back then, my sister and I would've gone to the rich white school while my brother, who's dark-skinned and autistic, would've gone to a school that didn't get enough funding to adequately help him. Still, I was born in today's world and I still clearly see how I am privileged. I am a "palatable" Latina; not too dark and I can speak like white people. Don't invalidated our experiences just because you didn't experience it.
@recoil53
4 жыл бұрын
IIRC there are actually still a couple of school districts in the South that are still not integrated.
@kym7251
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know some schools got around full integration by doing that. Thank you for sharing!
@tiny2315
4 жыл бұрын
You’re not latina.
@4LilsC
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about this. I experienced the same in my family. I grew up as the only family member with dark complexion. I was told I was black and adopted, and not Mexican. Kids didn't want to play with me in elementary because I looked "dirty" because I was morenita. (I grew up in a small border town with mostly white Mexicans) And it didn't help that my brother is pretty pale. We look similar but different skin tones. So people didn't believe we were related. I wasn't even allowed to play in the sun as long, because I'd get darker. This needs to stop NOW.
@macktasticification
4 жыл бұрын
Stop trying to absolve ur guilt by putting ur family’s racism on all of us. You were raised by racists sorry that’s not our fault sell out
@bbybih3893
4 жыл бұрын
Damn, I really feel you. Specially because I grew up in Northern Europe. I went to an all blonde and white school and girls would tell me that I was "dirty" because I was brown. It's so sad that this has to happen
@macktasticification
4 жыл бұрын
bby bih so white people tell you you’re not pretty because you’re brown and that’s colorism in the Latino community? STFU wanna be apart of something sell out
@4LilsC
4 жыл бұрын
@@bbybih3893 I'm really sorry to hear that. It can be VERY confusing as a kid.
@bbybih3893
4 жыл бұрын
@@macktasticification wait what? It's not like I chose to be bullied for being brown.
@erod6468
3 жыл бұрын
Please, stop your further labeling of us by calling us "Latinx". We're not freaking mutants or the X-men.
@ididntasktoexisted8250
2 жыл бұрын
You are you come from every race mixing Mutants
@littlesunshine__
2 жыл бұрын
THIS. ESTO. 'Latinos' It's already okay
@Friendlyrat_
Жыл бұрын
para gustos colores, a mi en lo personal no me molesta.
@alimathomas3016
Жыл бұрын
😂 that’s also the first thing I think of when I hear that term. I get what you mean
@airhawk01
Жыл бұрын
Your ignorance is showing. Please educate yourselves.
@awareyah6146
4 жыл бұрын
SHOUT OUT to my BLOODLINE on the Continent of Africa, my AFRO Americans, my AFRO LATINOS and ALL my AFRO people throughout the diaspora
@awareyah6146
4 жыл бұрын
Listen to this video I did called GET READY TO PAY
@esedontworryabouttherest7482
4 жыл бұрын
💕💕🙌🏾🙌🏾
@Passion84GodAlways
4 жыл бұрын
🤗🙏🏾🥰🤗🙏🏾🥰🤗🙏🏾🥰🤗🙏🏾🥰
@agfromdai.e3806
4 жыл бұрын
👏🏽🤝🏽👌🏽
@rocketfisttreeman6959
4 жыл бұрын
🇺🇬🇳🇬🙂
@dumpsterjedi6148
4 жыл бұрын
I am Cuban, and I was born white as the sun due to my Spanish side of the family. My hair is still dark and curly but I am often confused for Italian, that is til I open my mouth and people hear my slight accent. And something that was very interesting was that I never was felt discriminated agaisnt til I moved away from Miami where I was born and raised. And because I look so white I have felt a bit of distance from other Latinos (except Mexicans, chillest people ever, been to A LOT of cookouts and quinceaneras), because until they get to know me just a bit it's not immediately apparent that I'm Hispanic. This is a deep cultural phenomenon that isn't going to be less of a stigma unless we talk about it. Just because I'm a bit less tan doesn't mean "que mi sangre no tiene azul", just that I tend to need a lot of sunscreen while my cousins just need a quick spray down lol. And the reverse is true, my cousins have been turned down from jobs and internships just because they were darker than John "frat boy" Smith. What's important, is that we talk about this.
@kofikofi2403
4 жыл бұрын
My family’s from Argentina and most of the people there are light skin so my whole family expect my dad is (my moms side is white and is more tied to their European ancestry). I have light skin, light brown curly hair and hazel eyes. So when my family moved to the states we were all seen as white. We never faced discrimination in Argentina bc of our skin tone but when we got to the states Latinos never saw us as Latinos I was always called names and whenever I spoke Spanish I felt like people where trying to look for when I messed up ( most of the time they couldn’t understand me bc my Argentine accent strong and we say thing differently.) But I did notice that my dad faced discrimination against him bc he has dark brown curly hair and a mediterranean tan color, I dont know if that’s right but he is just darker but people would always try and speak Spanish to him or white people would say “gracias” and other annoying stuff.
@rosamendoza7227
4 жыл бұрын
My fiance is Cuban him and his family moved from Cuba to FL when he was 10. He has green eyes blonde hair. People always think he is White until he opens his mouth then they are like what the hell are you. You are not from America. It happens to me but not from my fellow PR. It's always from other races. They are like who brought Becky. Then when I talk they are like you sound like you are Spanish & I'm like Yes I'm PR.
@tryna_be_better4549
4 жыл бұрын
The sun isn't white
@edgarescamilla2679
4 жыл бұрын
@@kofikofi2403 So wait, dark, curly, locks of hair, nice Mediterranean bronze, tan skin, and if he was in shape well which equals = The Latin Lover Ideal or runway "Italic Greek" beauty standard! I'm so sorry. That's so messed up because (well I know he's your dad, BUT....) that is considered extremely beautiful, handsome and sexy! Wow!!!!! No, no, no!!!! Got to love that sunglow!!!!!
@jessicadeleon3408
4 жыл бұрын
Dumpster Jedi I get you. I’m a fellow Cubana and on my mom sides it’s pure Spanish descendants (so she’s white as hell and has dark hair and light hazel eyes) but on my dads side it’s kind of mixed (one of my dads grandparents was half black, his mother is Spanish and I’m pretty sure he’s got some indigenous blood in him, so of course he’s a lot darker than my mom has black curly hair and incredibly dark eyes) so my sister took after my dad in color and I took after both of them. I’m tan have dark wavy hair and have dark eyes and a big nose and lips( my sister got lucky she doesn’t have a big nose or big lips) but I’m always being thrown shade (by my lighter cousins) that I’m not dark enough or that I’m not light enough or that my skin is the perfect “Latina” color (same cousin has said all three btw) and I’m just sitting here like what the hell? What’s my skin got to do with me speaking Spanish and being from somewhere else?
@jje9551
4 жыл бұрын
I experience this all the time. Going out with wife/family. I can pass as white when im a light skin salvadorian and see how I get treated differently and look differently in stores or work. Living in the South I mess with ppl who assume I'm white all the time, to see how they really are/think. Then I pull out the Spanish and their head explodes.
@kofikofi2403
4 жыл бұрын
Omg I love the feeling when your talking to someone with a heavy accent and you speak Spanish and they are so confused and do the whole run down of omg u speak Spanish ,where you are from, u where so light I thought u were a gringa. 😂
@agustinavalos9274
4 жыл бұрын
@@kofikofi2403 or "where did you learn Spanish?" En la pinche casa.
@Lizabeth90
4 жыл бұрын
Lol. My mom does the same. She's even had Latino's speak bad about her in Spanish without realizing she knows everything they said. I realized there is a privilege you inherit with a parent who is white. Growing up no one ever assumed that my mom didn't speak Spanish or that she was Latina. I think when you see my mom and sister who are both white with green & hazel eyes people just assumed that I was mixed. But both of my parent where born and raised in central america. My dad just happens to have more indigenous roots than my mom. My siblings and I just go from light to dark and I am barely passing as "dark skin".
@lcross796
4 жыл бұрын
Same thing happens to me. I look very black passing and some people get shocked when they find out I know Spanish.
@rebeccaguillen3264
4 жыл бұрын
That’s exactly what it’s like with me. My fiancé is a white man and people assume that I am also a white person and get treated very differently when I pull out Spanish. My brother is significantly darker than I am with the same parents and I have seen how different they treat him.
@VanessaBlanco
4 жыл бұрын
Such an important topic to discuss. Deal with this myself as a light skinned Latina. I’m not even mixed.
@karlquintana2680
4 жыл бұрын
Mixed? Lol we are the ones who gave you your names language and lighter skin. Idiof
@mariaalexander427
4 жыл бұрын
Ridiculous! Smdh
@dilantl7603
4 жыл бұрын
Karl Quintana you say “we” as if you had anything to do with anything😂 you did nothing! your ancestry probably has a long line of incest and all that incest rage wants to make you feel important
@maureenmauramaureladara5539
3 жыл бұрын
@@karlquintana2680 wow where your proof? Find out all Egyptians Lands Plus the world even with Chinese Japanese & New arabs Their still Wink Brown 😂 we still make up 96% of world nations plus all Lands was is whose? Ohhhj ok we spew out? What lies full blown aids Like all made up today okay live Non Zombie 🧟♂️ minds okay bye Be happy 😊
@renatomacchi2195
3 жыл бұрын
You're not a Latina. You're a "Latin American woman". Latin/Latino/Latina only refers to Roman Latin Languages and Roman Latin Culture. Nothing to do with Skin Color or Race. kzitem.info/news/bejne/y6930HtqoYKUnnY
@Parisbella219
4 жыл бұрын
I’m not white, I’m not white passing but I recognize that I am a Latina with light skin privilege
@mahiavalle
4 жыл бұрын
Mel S well said!
@kyl0m0m
4 жыл бұрын
Latina with light skin privilege is white passing to others despite what you think
@Parisbella219
4 жыл бұрын
Jorgiana Lopez my skin is a light tan color. Trust me, no one confuses me as white and I have no white privilege because I’m not white passing. But I acknowledge that even though I’m considered to be tan, I certainly have more privilege than Afro latinas and that’s a conversation we should all be having.
@apollo5418
4 жыл бұрын
How does that make sense
@Parisbella219
4 жыл бұрын
Alessandra Nuñez where did you get lost?
@thehopeofeden597
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this - Latino is an ethnicity not a race so we come in every shade. Glad to see someone mention the inherent inequalities of this.
@elini9218
3 жыл бұрын
This person does not pass as white
@MeleeMaster22
3 жыл бұрын
It’s not even a ethnicity
@yonipwr
2 жыл бұрын
@@MeleeMaster22 that isn't the point. What is is that there are still different shades of skin, and colorism still applies to hispanic/latino communities.
@littlesunshine__
2 жыл бұрын
Ser latino tampoco es una etnia. Solo son personas que hablan un idioma que proviene del latín. Ergo, latinos también son los franceses, españoles, italianos. Ser latinoamericano ES ya otra cosa. Ser latini NO ES UNA ETNIA.
@tedfebo1741
Жыл бұрын
@@MeleeMaster22 it's a culture, es una cultura.
@HoleyBeauty
4 жыл бұрын
Hateddddd being told I need to play less outside bc I’m dark
@mn-mf8vk
4 жыл бұрын
I’m a white passing Egyptian and most of my family is brown skinned and I get treated much better than they do unfortunately
@user-gd5dj2nj6c
3 жыл бұрын
Its not that your white passing its that Egyptians are of the Caucasoid race
@tablecloth1943
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-gd5dj2nj6c 'caucasoid race' that is such an outdated and historically racist term. Her family are North Africans, they are not white and they are not perceived as white. Race is a social construct and the classifications differ around the world, but it can be seen that her family experiences discrimination for being brown and in Canada for example, North Africans have their own category and are not considered white. So yes, if her family is full of non white Egyptians then she is white passing.
@alnajjar2726
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-gd5dj2nj6c egyptians are not caucasian pfft. Such a lie.
@user-gd5dj2nj6c
3 жыл бұрын
@@alnajjar2726 I am not saying they are white, im saying they share the same Caucasoid skull structure
@user-gd5dj2nj6c
3 жыл бұрын
@@tablecloth1943 re-read my comment i never said they were white. All i said is they have the Caucasoid skull structure. Even people from Indian have that skull structure
@melanieortega3535
4 жыл бұрын
I'm mexican-american, and my skin is lighter than my brother and sister. And like maya said, brown is a beautiful color and i agree. My brother and sister are brown and my parents make fun of me just because my skin is lighter. Often, i laugh along with them thinking it's just a joke, but my friends get confused when i say I'm mexican because my skin isn't the same as my siblings. It makes me feel ashamed of myself for some reason and angry when my family calls me white. And even though I may not relate to the whole point of this video, I'm still really tired of it...
@dailynb.866
4 жыл бұрын
I cannot tell you how much I relate to this, I was bullied and still am for being a lighter skin tone than my classmates and they refuse to believe I am at least somewhat Mexican even though I speak Spanish fluently and was raised in a town very near the border. My father is fully American and my mother is fully Mexican with half of a European background so you can tell how white I would look. I completely understand what you are going through so your not alone ✨
@melanieortega3535
4 жыл бұрын
@@dailynb.866 I'm so glad to know that I finally have some one to relate to 😊
@dailynb.866
4 жыл бұрын
@@melanieortega3535 same here 😊
@Cobaltblueprism
4 жыл бұрын
I understand your experience as I still know if to be true firsthand.
@MargaritaHernandez92591
4 жыл бұрын
Maria Yniesta Same here girl!
@xavierdallenmusicuniverse6304
4 жыл бұрын
Glad we’re talking about this
@bbybih3893
4 жыл бұрын
I really felt the girl who said that she wanted to have "blue eyes and blonde hair" because my dad has blue eyes and blonde hair (I am more like my mom who's afro latina) and I grew up in Northern Europe where everyone has those features plus girls at school bullied me for being Mexican. I remember thinking that I wanted to not go in the sun a lot and I wanted to dye my hair blonde and use blue contacts. Looking back I think how messed up it is that little children are thinking that stuff. Also I wouldn't define maya as "white passing" tho, she's lightskin for sure, but she looks Mexican. Every skin tone is beautiful ✌🏻✌🏼✌🏽✌🏾✌🏿
@mariaalexander427
4 жыл бұрын
That was your PERSONAL inferiority complex.
@a.i.1224
4 жыл бұрын
So sorry about your experience. I wish you lots of love! I'm also Mexican on my mother's side, but I have Native, European and Black in me. I moved to Germany recently. 😊
@recoil53
4 жыл бұрын
@@mariaalexander427 Not the part about getting bullied and the effects on her.
@menkae6708
4 жыл бұрын
There’s NOT such a thing as “white passing”. Latino is not a race therefore if you’re white and speak Spanish you’re just white. Hispanics need to stop getting brainwashed by American politicizing beliefs. The girl in the video is clearly just metizo but just as Italians have moor decent and are consider white a person could have some indigenous heritage and also be white. It’s not a matter of looking Nordic or not being white, just look at most of Southern Europe.
@charnav4359
4 жыл бұрын
MEN Kae It depends though. I have friends who have one indigenous parent and one white parent, and they look more like their white parent. Hence, they are “white passing” because although they are mixed they pass as white.
@victoriau.1792
4 жыл бұрын
I strongly believe that this is important to talk about. With that said I just think the Hispanic/Latino has many problems when it comes to skin color. “Your are never enough”. . . . All I’m gonna say this is all absolutely true, every word. I think we should talk about skin bleaching or the Afro-Latino movement.
@ivanbenitez567
4 жыл бұрын
As a brown mexican person I always struggle with that. I'm gay and guys feel more attracted to the white ones, companies hire white people for publicity or to help in banks but the browns go to clean or to do other activities. We actually have a lot of racism in Mexico, even when most of the population isn't white. It sucks because even your family sometimes say: oh, hijo, consiguete a alguien güerita para mejorar la raza.
@Lemon-rk9hq
4 жыл бұрын
That’s fucked up bro it’s true when I go down to Mexico and visit the darker skinned people get last dibs and the lighter skinned people go first
@coder-steph
3 жыл бұрын
Crazy how different our experiences are. I got picked on in the US for being too light all the time by Latinos. Even my own Mexican family tells me to tan
@brianwalsh9595
2 жыл бұрын
Return to Christ
@carlosr5918.
4 жыл бұрын
This here hit me pretty hard. My moms family is straight up taino roots from PR. My dads family is all colonized rican with blonde hair and blue eyes. I have a twin brother and im darker, My older sister is so white she constantly is seen as Caucasian. I grew up with people asking me if i was found in a dumpster and just adopted for pitty. Thats here in the USA. In puerto rico ive never had that problem anywhere. When I go on vacation there and Im called negrito its in a loving tone. Not like here in the states
@shaneeraparker5866
4 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you said this. I’m a black American person with no Hispanic decent and I believe that it’s really an American thing but when I talk to white people about it they make me feel like I’m making things up in my head or something
@ascott2168
4 жыл бұрын
Why others just can't embrace others because of their personality and actions versus letting someone's skin color determine how to approach & treat them is just weird !
@Lemon-rk9hq
4 жыл бұрын
Carlos Ramirez damn bro that’s fucked up
@shaneeraparker5866
4 жыл бұрын
A Scott right
@johanreillo8403
4 жыл бұрын
Is because the USA is divided by skin colors idk why they are so stuck in classifying people by skin color like the color of ur skin in USA is a main topic almost every week
@TuLocalPendejo
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you... Colorism is huge in the Black community (Including Black Latinos) and needs to be talked about .
@diegojimeneztabla4973
4 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Canada and Mexico. When I found out that my family and I were moving to Canada for a while, I was scared to face racism because of the color of my skin, I was in my teen years. Now as an adult, I've experienced more racism here in Mexico than in Canada.
@PHlophe
4 жыл бұрын
Diego, I am really sorry this keeps happening to you.
@Danny883YT
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that man :/
@blueblaze9862
2 жыл бұрын
As a Canadian..wow
@cachifli870
2 жыл бұрын
That's because Mexico is one of the most classist colorist countries on earth
@Diana-wk9qv
4 жыл бұрын
I’m tan/dark skin. Am I like the only one that hasn’t felt discriminated by my skin color? I have gone to schools where it was mostly blacks then mostly white. Actually I’ve felt the most judged by my own Mexican family when it comes to skin color. I KNOW FOR SURE that if I was in Mexico, I would probably feel different about my skin tone. But here in the US I have never really felt like my skin color was bad or that I wished I could changed it.
@maestrosavage1359
4 жыл бұрын
Colorism most definitely exists in America, black community included. I believe (well know) that colorism is perpetuated not by whites, but by minorities. WE’RE the ones that perpetuate the idea of lighter being better. That’s why you always hear minorities (especially those of darker skin complexions) fetishize light-skinned/mixed babies with curly hair and light eyes.
@charnav4359
4 жыл бұрын
It really does depend the area you live in. Personally, I grew up in a pretty Latino area, so I didn’t really see it that much. However, once I moved to a whiter area I know that I have personally seen people treat my darker skin Hispanic friends with more indigenous feature differently than my lighter skin/more European looking Latino friends. My darker friends would always get Mexican jokes and made fun of for having smaller eyes, while my lighter skin Latino friends never experienced that.
@tonyr3440
4 жыл бұрын
No your not the only one diana I'm taino puerto rican like redbone type and i can honestly say whether in puerto Rico or brooklyn new york I've never faced any discrimination and my relatives are all colors none of us ever had a problem in my opinion white privilege don't exist any where especially today in america
@realSimoneCherie
4 жыл бұрын
That’s just school. I bet You will face it when it comes to making $$ like buying property in certain neighborhoods, applying for certain jobs, trying to start a business, getting certain customers, trying to get your kids in certain schools) basically when you become a full fledged adult.
@tonyr3440
4 жыл бұрын
@@realSimoneCherie No i haven't I'm 35 years old and worked in all kinds of neighborhoods. Again to me this video is full of false propaganda to serve afro centrism which is nothing but bullshit and its why we the hispanic community will never be as strong as we can be especially in america this is an example of wanting to be black when we're not to say there's white privilege in our community is a laughable joke. I live in new york i see all types of hispanics succeeding
@julikroos
2 жыл бұрын
STOP CALLING US LATINX WE ARE NOT MUTANTS
@danyielsays4621
4 жыл бұрын
Me and my sister's have different dad's...her dad has more European and my dad is afro-latino...I grew up browner/darker with kinky curly hair wider nose and fuller lips and people couldn't believe I was related to her... believe it or not I went thru alot...thanks for making this video!
@KhalidAli-jc7cv
3 жыл бұрын
How big is your nose
@squiintts
4 жыл бұрын
I love that you guys are talking about this! One thing though, is that I wish it was translated in Spanish because it’s hard to translate things like this to our parents who don’t speak English and who would benefit from hearing about this to help them start unlearning some of the things they’ve believed their whole lives and hopefully to stop the cycle of perpetuating these racist beliefs.
@jesso.4971
4 жыл бұрын
This is what Spanish Media should be shedding a light on. But nope its Novela after Novela. Its a real shame.
@anluip2950
4 жыл бұрын
I applaud Pero Like for opening up the discussion on colorism 👏🏾
@rainbowchampagne10
4 жыл бұрын
the fact that she would be considered the darkest is crazy
@elnino0841
4 жыл бұрын
I know right?
@luigi8432
4 жыл бұрын
It's always been like that in most federalized tv
@shalawndudley2094
4 жыл бұрын
The color of your skin won't save you from depression, issues, unhappiness, being poor, being abused. Think about that.
@GLD9191
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video!! Our older generation doesn't see it that way. I was explaining to mom my issue with Mexican television. It's something she never really noticed.
@donnav7412
4 жыл бұрын
We love our novelas and don't think about the subtle messages they're sending us. Once you see it, you can't stop noticing it. We have to start getting our elders and the next generation to discuss it so they can recognize it and create change.
@fragolegirl2002
4 жыл бұрын
It's not older generation, it's anyone born raised in Latin America. It's why you use eurocentric terms to start with like Latino rather than mestizo because of colorism in Latin America
@betzaidaflores2477
2 жыл бұрын
Can we stop referring to the latin community as Latinx community? This term...it just seems like it was coined by someone who doesn't understand the language and culture.
@hectorherveyperaltaportela7607
2 жыл бұрын
Same i dont like the use lf x, we already have enough english words
@cristinasolano6487
4 жыл бұрын
Everything starts in our own countries. Racism and discrimination are huge and heavy in Latin America as well.
@emiliarodriguez1630
4 жыл бұрын
Growing up I was very insecure about my light skin, thinking I wasn't latina enough because I wasn't darker. I was treated differently in the latinx community and also the caucasian community. It's a truth that's difficult to accept because i didn't want my white privilege. I felt guilty because I didnt have to face all the problems darker latinos face. But I recognized my privilege and will continue to use it to help others the best way possible. I hope others who maybe went through something similar will also use it to help. So glad this is being talked about!❤🇵🇷
@isabellagonzalez5695
4 жыл бұрын
Yes! We totally need to discuss colorism in the Latinx community. Thank you for this video.
@ojberrettaberretta5314
4 жыл бұрын
*LATINO community exept youre a gringo who dislikes disrespects and does not value latino culture and language
@Rinqo25
4 жыл бұрын
Latino*
@isabellagonzalez5695
4 жыл бұрын
Ojberretta Berretta I wrote Latinx to be more inclusive of our fellow transgender and non binary Latin people. It has nothing to do with disrespecting our language and culture. I’m just trying to include all people. Have a great day ☺️
@isabellagonzalez5695
4 жыл бұрын
Rinqo25 *Latinx. I said what I said. Have a great day ☺️
@ojberrettaberretta5314
4 жыл бұрын
@@isabellagonzalez5695 while you think you include lgbt ppl....because u dont know or understand the spanish language...you are actually excluding around 650million ppl...because they cannot pronounce the word....so...you are insulting our language and culture...because it was gringos who do not value respect or understand our language who invented the word...so do you exclude 650mio ppl to include a tiny miniscule minority who do not understand the spanish language..because they think its excluding...its not excluding anyone....while latinx excludes 650mio ppl whos mother tongue is spanish
@itscoral
4 жыл бұрын
When I first moved to the mainland (12 years old), I was told by SO many classmates that I'm too white to be Puerto Rican. While it's kind of annoying to hear, I just can't get mad about it because it's absolutely nothing compared to the colorism that my fellow darker skinned Puerto Ricans and other Latinos will experience.
@waylonmercy8125
2 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Los Angeles me and the homeboys would always jump white boys for fun lol
@gregDino32
2 жыл бұрын
@@waylonmercy8125 That makes you a garbage person hey 👋 I guess.
@rocioluque956
2 жыл бұрын
You should have told your classmates that being Puerto Rican or latina isn't a race, is a culture. A latin country can have people of many shades of skin colors. For example, i'm from Argentina and you can find white, mixed or darker skin people. There's asian and black latinos too. So being latino doesn't have anything to do with race.
@820patty
2 жыл бұрын
@@waylonmercy8125 💀💀
@Friendlyrat_
Жыл бұрын
@@rocioluque956 EXACTO.
@lidia_mua6072
4 жыл бұрын
This is so true, every time this topic comes up this is my main response. Because of the color of my skin, I haven’t been treated the same as my brown skin friends, family, etc. I always get questioned when I speak Spanish because till this day it’s STILL shocking for some to see that latinx, etc comes in a variety of skin colors. Everyone is beautiful, we all need to learn more
@jenniferdeleon-lopez4564
4 жыл бұрын
I’m 94% indigena and I came to the us @4 yrs old, I spoke my native language, I did not speak Spanish or English, so I learned it here... I learned English faster than Spanish because my mom didn’t speak Spanish either! So my Hispanic counselor told my mom that she HAD to stop talking to me my native language and learn Spanish and English.... I understand that but why did she not push me to learn all 3 together!!! All throughout growing up Hispanics around me would talk bad or make “native” speakers ashamed that we are not “Hispanic” enough and then we have to deal with Americans assuming that all we do is speak Spanish !!! That’s why it was so hard to identify is a hospanic or Latina because the Hispanic community( kids in school, adults around me) would always make me ashamed that I spoke my native toungue and that I’m indigena... also they accused me of acting brings because I caught on to English faster... I hated seeing people like me especially in school system down south where I can tell that other kids spoke native languages and the Hispanic kids would tease them to the point that they would say they didn’t speak their language that they came from “ el capital” where more Spanish is spoken. I hated that part of my life but I have learned to embrace my culture and I’m trying to learn mam again🤍
@jenniferdeleon-lopez4564
4 жыл бұрын
*also they would accuse me of acting “gringa” because I caught on to English faster*
@mariasaldana4058
4 жыл бұрын
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Conversations about this have been long over due
@zee2941
2 жыл бұрын
Bruh she look Mexican af 😭
@MariaGasca-Reyes
Ай бұрын
I know only dumb butts say because of the color your not Mexican. Your face features have to do with a lot of it.
@firebender1174
4 жыл бұрын
You need to stop referring all Latinos as Latinx
@nomacehualpoyohuanv6075
4 жыл бұрын
Both are colonial names
@fragolegirl2002
4 жыл бұрын
You need to stop calling mestizos by pseudo Eurocentric terms such as Latin or Latino or other made up USA crap. At least say Latin American.
@firebender1174
4 жыл бұрын
@do you like pizza? cuz I want a pizza dat ass Latino is also used to refer to male and female
@firebender1174
4 жыл бұрын
@do you like pizza? cuz I want a pizza dat ass Then just use Hispanic or Latin, since the language and culture offenses you so much you racist
@izphilly1
4 жыл бұрын
Man , I remember growing up Latino in a all black neighborhood was not fun at all as a kid. I’m glad this is being talked about because whenever I hear conversations on racism it’s always whites vs everyone else. My brown butt experienced prejudices more from the 70s and 80s living in black neighborhoods. I remember when my local corner store used to give out credit to all the black folks but when my dad (Afro Latino) would ask for the same courtesy he was told to go find himself a better deal in a Chico store !!! That’s not to go with the constant window replacing and teen groups outside the lot next door screaming “ Mira Mira “ !!!! As I got older I would then go to middle school where I had to leave the black neighborhood to a white hood. There were times that about 20 to 30 grown white men with baseball bats and hockey sticks were waiting outside for us young teens chasing black brown and yellow teens to bash us so we won’t go into their neighborhood. Finally , I went to PR were I was not judged for my skin tone but was judged because of where I came from. America is not viewed upon older PRicans based on prejudices faced here in America from both sides so they ended up coming back....now as PRicans from the states your considered more of a traitor than anything. All this white vs brown vs black in PR is something that I never experienced in my day to day livings in the island. But here in the states racism prejudices exist big time in white brown and black communities. My only beef is that all groups need to claim their part in this race hatred that exists. Let me start by saying latinos can have prejudice views .....there out there !!! Now , I need someone from another race or ethnicity to come out and say we too have prejudices and move forward. Everyone is guilty as far as I’m concerned !!!
@yahgirl1726
4 жыл бұрын
Are you saying black people discriminated against you because of your skin color ??????
@jibarabicha4853
4 жыл бұрын
@Yah Girl Not very common , but possible. There has to be this kind of Situation: 1. Be the majority of the minority group 2. Share the same socioeconomic status where the other group is just marginalized as you are. 3. Deny any support & resources, as well as antagonize the minority community within your community .
@jackystar5099
4 жыл бұрын
@@yahgirl1726 it isn't uncommon. Lots of black people don't like Hispanic/Latinos
@MsRose00
4 жыл бұрын
Jacky Star And vice versa. The issue is the crabs in the barrel. Black and brown don’t have any sort of real power and those in power have successfully divided the groups by making them believe that the other is the problem.
@MsRose00
4 жыл бұрын
Honey Chicken 😑
@kristophersonx
4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for making this!! So many of the people in our community don’t understand these concepts especially the lighter skinned folks and having this conversation can educate people in how to raise awareness about colorism in our inner circles and families
@Irene-tg1ug
4 жыл бұрын
This is a VERY important conversation to have, especially to those of us who benefit from colorism like myself. We need to acknowledge the privilege and understand how it affects others who don’t.
@Irene-tg1ug
4 жыл бұрын
Question Everything it’s very important to understand that it’s not an even playing field, even in 2020. If not these conversations would be of no relevance. There’s systemic racism in more forms than just being able to ride a bus. That does not cover any type of ground and isn’t even near the top of the iceberg.
@Irene-tg1ug
4 жыл бұрын
Lmaoo he deleted the ignorant comment and now it looks like I’m talking to myself 💀 at least I got my point across.
@somerflowers
4 жыл бұрын
This is such an important conversation to have and to keep having! Pero Like is always opening up the conversation and I’m so grateful for your platform in doing so! ❤️
@maybehere_
4 жыл бұрын
i'm glad more people are having this conversation nowadays.
@trymvanhatalo6831
4 жыл бұрын
Omg, yes. I love that this is being talked about more and more everyday. And yes, recognize your privilege in order to use it to better society!❤️
@Dezzy1539
4 жыл бұрын
I am glad this is being discussed. I’m fair complected and with light eyes but the rest of my family is dark skinned. They call me guera or guerita. It makes me feel a part from them. I am a proud Latina and proud of my culture so when I’ve had friends or acquaintances say the most Mexican thing about me is my name, it’s hurtful. Being clocked as white is not necessarily derogatory but definitely feels exclusionary especially coming from other Latinx people. Maya’s experience especially not speaking Spanish resonates.
@karengaeta9334
4 жыл бұрын
So many people have constantly assumed I was Caucasian. Some people wouldn't believe me when I would tell them I was Latina; I would have to prove that I was. I actually wished I looked more Latina. Once, an asshole was talking to me, insulting and discrimination the Latin community, not realizing I'm Latina. He was very shocked when I defended the Latin community, revealed I was Latina and cussed him out in Spanish. I understand I have more privileges and opportunities than darker skinned Latinos; it breaks my heart that they don't get equal opportunities. This definitely needs to be talked about more.
@karengaeta9334
4 жыл бұрын
I'm Mexican too!
@Fierclyfabulous
4 жыл бұрын
I think that’s basically true in a lot of communities. Most lighter skin hispanics want to look more hispanic same for lighter skin blacks. Being Dominican i think colorism was hard. Hair texture as well. Loving your skin. Skin color does not define culture
@PHlophe
4 жыл бұрын
Girl, your name is Karen .
@karengaeta9334
4 жыл бұрын
@@PHlophe what does my name have to do with anything? 🤷♀️😵
@karengaeta9334
4 жыл бұрын
@ruben champollion ??????
@basil7985
4 жыл бұрын
Happy we’re talking about this
@Msalazar2011
3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate how we’re beginning to have this conversation. I can say now that after facing discrimination so long based just on my skin color, that I truly love myself for all that I am. I love my deep dark brown tanned skin. My black curly hair. My dark brown eyes. These features make me happy now, and I wouldn’t want to change them for anything else.
@midoritea4413
4 жыл бұрын
And speaking up MUST ALSO HAPPEN AT HOME and when family members are showing unacceptable behaviors. We must start these conversations in the home, especially with the prevalence of colorism in our communities.
@melaniediaz5690
4 жыл бұрын
I am a very light skin Latina. When I was growing up I always felt and was told I was less Mexican than my peers. I hated being light skin and still do to this day. But I do realize I haven’t faced racism in the same way as my friends and family. I am so glad someone like you maya is talking about this and educating people. Thank you! ❤️
@eliani1326
4 жыл бұрын
28 haters. I fully enjoy these videos. These conversations need to take place. Well done!
@pilarmatadupont
4 жыл бұрын
I'm Argentinian and grew up in Australia in a really Anglo-Saxon neighbourhood. I am white with some Middle Eastern and Indigenous ancestry. My sister and brother are darker than I am (my brother had racial slurs from people who thought he was from India). Even though I was the lightest skinned child, I remember really wanting to be as white as my best friend, who was blonde, pale, and had blue eyes. I remember once looking at the scar tissue of a scab I'd picked off on my arm and saw how white it was and thinking - if I scab up my whole body and peel it off in a few weeks, maybe I'll be able to be as white. Colourism is real... I also have the same issue with people not believing I'm South American because I have olive skin and green eyes. It hurts because I wasn't really ever accepted as properly 'Australian' either (and that's a can of worms I won't be opening here). But at the same time, I absolutely understand the privileges I have because of that.
@breebb
4 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you guys made a video about this. I feel like people don’t understand me when I tell them I identify more with my race than my ethnicity. I’m latina, yes, but I’m an indigenous woman and that identity is more important to me than being latina. I relate far more with indigenous peoples that don’t share my same culture than I do with white latinos because of the experiences I’ve had.
@nomacehualpoyohuanv6075
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing but us indigenous people dont go by blood quantum
@breebb
4 жыл бұрын
Nomacehualpoyohuan V No I understand that blood quantum is extremely controversial and divisive. I was using the percentage to demonstrate that I am not ambiguous looking, I am very clearly indigenous to the majority of people I come by in my day to day life.
@breebb
4 жыл бұрын
Nomacehualpoyohuan V I edited the original comment to take out that part because I understand the unintentional implications that might have.
@macktasticification
4 жыл бұрын
Your self loathing. If there was a guy who was 80% white and 20% black and said what you said hed be called a sell out and a trump voter. Learn to love yourself SISTER!
@breebb
4 жыл бұрын
Snuff Daddy I understand what you’re saying, and I do love myself in spite of the colorism of the latino community that I grew up in. It took me many years to come to terms with my ancestry and my history and recognize that I am an indigenous person. No one looked favorably on me because I had brown skin. I was told I “looked poor” like a “farmer”. I do recognize that I am also 4 percent white, and the rest I’m black, and I support black people and I stand in solidarity with all people. However, the experience I have had has been one of an indigenous person and I can’t deny myself that fact simply because I am also latina.
@angelaalexandra8534
4 жыл бұрын
I feel this video so much. I appear to be racially ambiguous and my experience as a Mexican Canadian is vastly different. I can't imagine what it feels like to endure this injustice
@marycarebear7473
4 жыл бұрын
My family is very racially ambiguous as well! I’m the most white-passing out of all of them, but even then I’ve been labeled different things than my actual background. It’s frustrating lol. I still benefit from colorism no doubt, but I’m just stating my own experience of ambiguity as well lol.
@donnav7412
4 жыл бұрын
Maya may look a certain way to us because we are use to seeing her on Pero Like and we know she's Hispanic but if she were to change her brows, wear a lighter lipstick and straighten or even lighten her hair, she would look more Euro and that is "passing". This is done all the time especially when one's skin is light enough. These people can take advantage of their "Proximity to Whiteness". A darker Latino may not be able to take advantage simply because their skin. That's what Maya was explaining when she was compared to her brother.
@cdemp4795
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, you're right. We can tell she's Latina because we see people who look like her in our families and our communities. But she can pass for a white person with dark hair and dark eyes. One of my daughters has dark brown hair, fair skin and freckles. When she went off to college, she was shocked that some people thought she was white, but people in our own community would know right away that she's Mexican American.
@mahiavalle
4 жыл бұрын
💯 and I can speak to that as well, until someone sees my name lol. If I let my hair go natural people always ask me if I am biracial. If I go straight with blonde highlighted hair people have no clue what my background is and never ask or question me.
@gregap8282
4 жыл бұрын
No shade, but Maya does not look white. She looks latina. Like from a mile away, you can see her latina side
@arielgaray302
4 жыл бұрын
White can be latinas too! Latino is not a race!!
@gregap8282
4 жыл бұрын
@@arielgaray302 aja, my dad is white and latino. So
@gregap8282
4 жыл бұрын
@chaka she still looks latina.
@nomacehualpoyohuanv6075
4 жыл бұрын
@@arielgaray302 yes but its obvious she's not a European latina
@sorrowless77
4 жыл бұрын
We're talking about colourism you can be white passing but still look Mexican (in her case) and you can be dark and still look Mexican but the overall is that lighter skinned people will be held to a higher standard than those with darker skin.
@thelucidpixel
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most informative and useful videos to put out during this time. PERO LIKE, THANK YOU.
@amandagarcia4341
4 жыл бұрын
I feel lucky that I grew up loving my brown skin. I’ve definitely experienced instances of aggression and colorism that affected my confidence, but think I was raised in a way which encouraged me to embrace and love my skin
@PHlophe
4 жыл бұрын
you look like a cute cat, i can tell you are happy .
@nataliaartigas9672
4 жыл бұрын
An entire video on colorism in the latinx community, that includes zero dark skin black people. Talk about erasure.
@karlquintana2680
4 жыл бұрын
Lol latincks colorism. That sounds like made-up American neologisms
@theofficialVEVOformu
2 жыл бұрын
I get your point but at least they are talking about it
@corazondemelon9705
4 жыл бұрын
This is ingrained in our culture dating all the way back to the Spanish caste system
@laia6548
4 жыл бұрын
yes, people should know more about it.
@deherisnieves17
4 жыл бұрын
This conversation has open so much of I knew this but no one spoke about it. Enjoyed it will continue to follow this to open people mind to teach to hear to just understand I had married a black skin Puerto Rican however my family (uncle and aunts) from Puerto Rico of lighter skin and blonde hair blue eyes said I had ruined my line for the family and as a wedding present I received a five gallon of coconut oil for when I have children. I tell you this because I was so hurt because my father and mother never allowed that kind of talk in our house we are all of the same place no matter what color you was. Now at 62 I want to speak out and teach people the difference. Speak loud and be heard
@donnav7412
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry you experienced that. That story broke. Just remember that this is a time for change which means we can now talk about those issues that we never dealt with before. Let's take this time to start a conversation with our family members who make those hurtful comments/gestures.
@ashleygonzalez1448
4 жыл бұрын
Love these conversations! The professor is right when she says sometimes we have to politely correct or rephrase what some of family members from the older generations say about colorism. We have to start somewhere, why not at home?
@PHlophe
4 жыл бұрын
Ashlee, the real test is correcting bigoted peers you really like.
@lisaromero5581
4 жыл бұрын
I see this everyday now that I think about it. My babies are "morenos" and I love them to the moon and back. Pero as they were growing up people would ask "if" they were my kids because I am absolutely "weda!" My kids father is olive skin color. I am scared to have my 20 yr old son go to the store because I don't know the ignorance he might encounter! Its crazy times we live in! #BrownisBeautiful
@apollo5418
4 жыл бұрын
What is "weda"
@lisaromero5581
4 жыл бұрын
@@apollo5418 slang for white girl
@iantamayo1693
3 жыл бұрын
@@apollo5418 I think she means guera
@iantamayo1693
3 жыл бұрын
@@lisaromero5581 se escribe “guera”
@Ana-ek7lk
4 жыл бұрын
as a brazillian, we have SO MANY different people in one country. I'm white as the sun light, due my spanish side, but no one will see me as a latina until I speak, due my accent. here in brazil there's people with SO MANY races, colors or any name you want to use. but we are still from america latina, we are still latinxs. even tho some of us can pass for white, like me.
@RealMadrid15UCLs
2 жыл бұрын
These people are so miserable 🤣
@stepht3082
4 жыл бұрын
When she said “ ay que mejorar la raza” by marrying someone whiter than you I’ve never thought about it that way because i thought of that statement as you have to marry someone who is Mexican and not someone of another ethnic group.
@PHlophe
4 жыл бұрын
and if you marry a scandinavian, you snagged gold basically.
@alnajjar2726
3 жыл бұрын
But what if they are latino? Just not mexican... Like Puerto Rican or salvadoreño? Does that count?
@johnportmann7579
4 жыл бұрын
In EVERY country and culture from Mexico to Argentina, it is the worst of insults to call someone a 'indi@' - let that sink in. The worst racism is & has been towards the people of native american descent (phenotipically). Even from themselves
@CC-kj4yc
2 жыл бұрын
Latina*
@alvaro2971998
4 жыл бұрын
“Mejorar la raza “‘ that is something every grandma tell you
@berthachavez439
4 жыл бұрын
Alvaro Meneses: Not only grandparents tell you but parents, other family members, friends.
@coder-steph
3 жыл бұрын
I’m Mexican-American and I grew up in a Latin community in the US ( mostly Mexico and Central America until now). I have never ever heard that term until KZitem. I get told to tan by my Latino family all the time and called “discolored” but I take it as a joke
@jessbmine9347
4 жыл бұрын
I love that these discussions are finally being had.
@nachoreynoso6613
3 жыл бұрын
I am from Argentina, I am white and I am Latino. Being Latino is not a skin color, it is being born in a Latin American country. In turn, Latino is any person born in a country who speaks a language of Latin origin, for example: Spain, France, Portuguese, etc. The Latin American word is usually abbreviated we use the Latin word but it is not the same. Something I like about Latin America is that the word "black" is used many times to refer to a person without being racist, it is used as a synonym for friend or boy / girl, for example: "That black is my friend" (It is also used as a nickname). Even the N word is often used in the form of friendship. What exists in Latin America is the social discrimination of the upper classes towards the lower classes.
@abyanakoenig3172
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about this. This has been something I’ve been talking to my family about! 🇵🇷
@thanosmaster-abel559
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone else mad how they say it LatinX? 💩
@ravenblackseed9617
2 жыл бұрын
Okay stop with the X after Latin As a Mexicano born in the states Stop with the X
@A-ID-A-M
4 жыл бұрын
Hispanic/Latino are not races. There are white people, black people, native people, mixed people, and etc that all classify as latino.
@Midnight-og3rk
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The term ‘Latino’ derives from ‘Latin’- who are the Latin white people of Europe, mainly located in Southern Europe. The term Hispanic is an offshoot of HiSPAINic. All these terms arrived with European colonisers, since that is their origin. However, the origin of indigenous or Afro communities are often ostracised or overlooked within these labels.
@A-ID-A-M
4 жыл бұрын
@@rogerroger2986 Youre right about all but Latin being a "tribe" in Italy. Latin used to refer to a language spoken by the places occupied by Rome --- which is in no way a tribe, especially if you are arguing that Mesoamericans were not nomadic tribes (which, I agree, many werent). And yes, it did become Vulgar Latin which divulged into the modern languages of Spain, Italy, France, Romania, Sardinia, etc. But today we have use the term Latin as a shortened form of Languages or Cultures that divulged from that Roman offshoot.
@A-ID-A-M
4 жыл бұрын
@@rogerroger2986 Also, Mesoamericans are native americans. Its like saying a square is a type of rectangle. All mesoamericans (like the square) are native americans (like the rectangle). But not all native americans are meso americans. Just as well, there were many smaller, nomadic tribes that lived in Mesoamerica (and were constantly attacked and pillaged by the bigger civilizations like the Mayans and Aztecs)
@A-ID-A-M
4 жыл бұрын
@@rogerroger2986 Who said I ignored them...? Youre assuming a lot right now. I dont think we really disagree much overall, but youre putting words in my mouth.
@elshreditor
4 жыл бұрын
it’s absolutely disgusting how dark skinned Latinos on Instagram will ridicule light skinned Latinos and immediately call them Europeans, Spaniards colonizers. I’m a fairly dark skinned Mexican and I never go off on anyone because of my skin. We are all Latinos, we go through the same bullshit as our light skinned brothers and sisters go through. All color is beautiful.
@jinkieez
3 жыл бұрын
I know this is old but it's so true. Colorism def exists towards darker skinned ppl but thats no excuse to discriminate against lighter latinos either or claim they are white. By that logic since many asians have pale skin they would be white, but they're not. It's ignorant bullshit
@gearsofwar2497
2 жыл бұрын
No one uses latinx
@Yikkoofficial
Жыл бұрын
I’m an anthropology major and seeing these conversations being brought up is great.
@ChampagneKanyon
4 жыл бұрын
White passing is important to talk about, but it’s also important to talk about how white passing people are denied acceptance. In my case, half Native and half white. I’m obviously very white passing. Growing up, when I told peers I was mixed, I was straight up told that I was white and there was no way I was Native American. I talked to a half black and half white woman once with a worse experience. She told me that her black family members told her constantly that she was too pale and she felt denied that acceptance from them. Very very tricky subject.
@PRDreams
4 жыл бұрын
My sister and I are mixed. My sister is Maya's skin tone and I'm her brother's. We were raised by our black side of the family and she was CONSTANTLY reminded of the fact that she wasn't black enough. Still makes me angry because she always felt unloved and unwanted by everyone that surrounded us except for me and our dad. People don't want to hear it tho. I got into an argument the other day of someone saying that I was defending white supremacy. No, I'm not. Many mixed children raised by their black family go thru this and many raised by their white family go thru it the other way around (not white enough) but it still hurts.
@macktasticification
4 жыл бұрын
You’re not white passing you’re white tf 😂😂😂
@ButtaFLii89
4 жыл бұрын
White passing only applies if you are not at all white. You’re white, so you’re not “passing”... that’s who you are. That doesn’t make any sense!
@nomacehualpoyohuanv6075
4 жыл бұрын
@@ButtaFLii89 minorities have white lol specifically black Americans and Latinx due to slavery and colonization ect but its different than actually being biracial
@ChampagneKanyon
4 жыл бұрын
Altamease Rauch How does that not make sense if I’m not just white? I’ve never heard of it just being for people who weren’t white, where I’m from people have consistently applied it to biracial people, so I’m sorry if my use of “white passing,” offends you. Im sorry that you do not seem to understand how unjust it is for someone to not be allowed to be who they are just because of the color of their skin.
@stephmartinez701
4 жыл бұрын
I am white passing. My mother is white and my father is Mexican and brown. There were people on my mom’s side of the family who treated me like garbage even though I look entirely white. Oh boy has their racism blossomed now. My father’s side of the family had a mixed reaction to me. There were family members who looked down on me. The hatred for me was palpable from the time I was four years old. Throughout my life I wanted so badly to look more Mexican. I’m glad this is being talked about too even though it’s bringing up some sad memories for me. I have so many stories from throughout my life. I am very proud of being Mexican and no one can take it away from me.
@rocaralonso
2 жыл бұрын
Usar LatinX y pretender que se te tome en serio XD
@renatomacchi2195
3 жыл бұрын
First of all she's not Latina and saying Latino/Latina in an English conversation is grammatically incorrect. Correct way is LATIN woman. She's a "Latin American Woman" .Secondly, Latin is NOT a LOOK, not a Skin Color. You have it all wrong.Latin/Latino/Latina is the Language spoken by the Romans, Romance Languages and the Culture of the Romans. Latin=Romance Languages and Roman Latin Culture. You have to use your Race or Country of origin: Mexican , Cuban, Honduran...or say Latin American/s to identify yourselves like we all do. Latin is not your heritage. It's the heritage of the Italians and of the Latin Europeans: French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. Please educate yourselves. kzitem.info/news/bejne/y6930HtqoYKUnnY I leave here a link for the website of the former LATIN UNION and the requirements to be considered LATINS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
@772577Mario
3 жыл бұрын
That girl still don’t look white to me. Just because your light skin doesn’t mean you look white. The facial features can override skin color on what ethnicity you can possibly look like. Why we assume right away someone is white when they only judge by your skin color?
@celticlilly5832
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Bravo
@celticlilly5832
3 жыл бұрын
There are tan white men or Europeans and you can still tell they are a white guy..Look at John Casablancas and even Julian Casablancas..
@claudialopez6757
4 жыл бұрын
That statement about how light skinned/white passing latinos experience offensive remarks and jokes from other latinos is spot on in my life. I've also received 'but you don't look Costa Rican' constantly from non-latinos. I dread the conversation and think about lying and saying I'm Italian. Not a chance with my name, though. Sigh. So... I feel excluded and invalidated from my people - shame of not being enough and invalidated from whites/other races. I acknowledge that it's absolutely horrible to be pulled over and denied job opportunities, etc based on the darkness of your skin. I find dark skin absolutely beautiful. It's ironic that a lot of white passing latinos would give anything to be darker and fit in, feel a part of their heritage but the price some people pay for that is pretty saddening. Why are we still at this point in 2020 and what is it going to take for all of us to see the beauty in all skin colors?? I really hope I see a change in my lifetime. We need more love and acceptance. We're all human and beautiful.
@petergallo7997
4 жыл бұрын
I remember in middle school the dance teacher told me I couldn’t join the dance team and I was like why and she said look at yourself and showed me a pic of the dance team with all white kids lol I left confused
@blackblossom22
4 жыл бұрын
Yesss, finally Pero Like thank you for talking about this!
@brianwalsh9595
2 жыл бұрын
I will never, ever, recognize the word "Latinx" Edit: and there is absolutely nothing wrong with "whiteness", whatever the hell that is
@Jason-sh1xu
2 жыл бұрын
Who cares you’re not even Hispanic or Latinx
@brianwalsh9595
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jason-sh1xu actually I am
@bunnyfluffyfluffs
4 жыл бұрын
mestizo should be officially categorize as a race world wide not just certain parts of the world. it will make it easier for people filling out the us census, too. and would alleviate the headaches and confusion some still have.
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