why are africans hatians jamaicans guyanese etc considered black? but mexicans,puerto ricans ,italians etc arent considered white? to me they all have the same pigmentation!
2006-08-05 11:14:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You have to learn to distinguish between white and yellow skin tone.
It can be hard to see if all white people are tanned, tho.
you can also look at the shape of the eyes and color of the hair.
2006-08-05 11:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because race is a social construct, and has nothing to do with skin color, etc. Numerous instances abound of people with ultra-light skin who had a grandparent who was African being labeled as African American....The placement of people into one group or another is done to categorize them, and thus render them susceptible to power differentials...in other words, whitey calls the Mexican Brown, and is thus able to believe himself superior. Whitey thus gains the moral flexibility to consider Brown less than "human" (because human = white, in this view), and thus not needing of access to basic human rights.
Look, I'm trying to say that all racial definitions are invented, and they are done to perpetuate discrimination.
2006-08-05 18:23:03 · answer #2 · answered by Qwyrx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
African,Jamaicans are black they have black features and their dark skinned which makes them black. Italians are considered white because they are of European decent. Mexicans are not consider white because they are mixed with European and Indian. Pueto ricans are not white but black mixed with spaniard making them hispanics along wit others of spanish decent.
2006-08-05 18:24:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People just like to have easy ways of classification. Persons with a dark skin are said to be black. Persons of fair skin are said to be white. Yet we all have the same color blood (red).
2006-08-05 18:18:06 · answer #4 · answered by thebulktiny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because when you see someone that is white, you mostly see pale skin tones, mexicans/blacks, and etc, have like diffrent shades of almond skin tones, or like a pretty buttery skin tone , so they really dont have the same skin complexion as whites.
2006-08-05 19:00:48 · answer #5 · answered by Miss 21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i honestly dont know this one, but i dont consider mexicans as being white. it might be cause i have a best firend that is a mexican and she always says she isnt white.
2006-08-05 18:18:00 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ALL I can tell you that makes any sense to me is.............people are STUPID
2006-08-05 18:20:55 · answer #7 · answered by purpleaura1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...QUE?
2006-08-05 18:19:05 · answer #8 · answered by mørbidsшεεŧnεss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋