No, haha. The Americas were colonized by Europeans, and even the more traditional Latinos you probably think of ultimately have Spanish blood in them, just mixed over the years with indigenous people. Then, later, people immigrated to places beyond America. I know Irish and Chinese people went to Mexico for labor in the 19th century. My great grandfather was a gold prospector down there, and we have some family heirloom that’s a knick-knack he was given by a Chinese dude he met there who was ill and he took care of and nursed back to health. And the Irish, that’s probably how we got Canelo Alvarez. His real name is
Santos Saul Alvarez Barragan, but Canelo is a shortened version of “Canelito”, which in Spanish means “Little Cinnamon”, a reference to his red hair and freckled skin.
He’s full-on Mexican as far as nationality, but I’d feel good about wagering that he’s got Irish in him just based on his appearance.
Most Latinos are White. The population of South and Central America was relatively low when colonized by Europeans. Conquistadors came armed with guns and horses which gave them a significant military advantage and went to war with natives. There were major outbreaks of smallpox, cholera, measles, etc. Overall 90% of the local population was wiped out. Europeans migrated to Latin America and brought Black slaves to work on tropical plantations. It's always hilarious to see Hispanics calling White people colonizers and acting like the South West of the USA is their native homeland.
s I'm not surprised at all. Being Latino is not being part of a race, it's being part of a culture. There are black and Asian Latinos too.
Well, you see, there is this country in Europe called 'Spain', so no, I'm not at all surprised.
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No I’m not lol.
it’s amazing how a COUNTRY and CULTURE can have people living in it of different ethnicities.
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Many Latinos, especially Mexicans are at least half White (Spanish European mixed with different Native Americans). And many mix more with White people over the generations so they are more White than Hispanic.
It’s actually quite common. White hispanics are found everywhere. It’s actually my preference To marry a white Latina that speaks mostly Spanish. I just find it sexy. A white girl into tacos and is funny. Ahhh.
It’s not surprising at all- there has been a significant amount of immigration from Europe, Africa and Asia to the Americas, so you will see people from there than reflect that.
u being latino... is not about skin, not even about genes...
most of it is just have to grow up into the culture and that's enough
It's not surprising to me at all. Lots of people think of Hispanic/Latino as being a racial category but of course it's not.
Has OP ever heard of a country called Argentina? It's full of white Latinos.
WOAH there's WHITE PEOPLE IN COUNTRIES? I HAD NO IDEA 🥴
I've seen plenty, it's not weird or out of place at all
I learned that hispanic is more of a culture than skin color, which is why you can see Snow White Latinos and very black Latinos.
It's all good.
I know the Spaniards and other Europeans came down raped a bunch of people. The you had interbred with white latinos Only.
So no. When I look at a lot latinos a lot of them are just mixed raced I probably say majority.
When you say white are you talking about peoples skin tone or their heritage/ethnicity? I believe there is a difference.
There is white everything just that the races are mixing together
Yes it can still be surprising
A pretty ignorant statement
Not anymore I have seen plenty
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