Do you think that most Hispanics are white?

Question

I'm Italian, and I know for a fact that most Southern Europeans don't have the blue-eyed/blonde-haired look. We tend to have darker hair, brown eyes, and a Mediterranean skin tone. A lot of people might look at Hispanics and say that they must be part South American Indian, but take a look at some full-blooded Spanish celebs:
Antonio Banderas (born in Spain):http://www.todocorazon.net/images/topics/antonio_banderas.bmp
Catalina Sandino Moreno: http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/movie_pix/oscars/77th_academy_awards_luncheon_photos/catalina_sandino_moreno/oscar6.jpg
Enrique Iglesias (born in Spain):http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiAX31tFLEsAaKCjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12ojhhskk/EXP=1163735191/**http%3a//www.danceage.com/gallery/data/media/81/enrique-iglesias-6.jpg

How great is the ethnic or racial difference between the average Mexican or Hispanic from those actually coming from Spain. Aren't most Hispanics white (European)?

Answer 1

I find it funny and sad how many Latin Americans are obsessed with being white and denying any indigenous or black blood. It is a self hatred that they are in denial about. So sad.

Answer 2

I have no idea why it is this fashion however consistent with the US census, you would be regarded a white Latino (you'll investigate 2 bins). Latino is to intend you're of any Latin history and Hispanic is entirely spanish. White could conveniently be on the grounds that of the colour of your dermis (within the US, dermis colour = race). This does not make any feel although purpose they use this rubbish to make generalizations and reviews at the country. But as you and I each realize, there's a giant change among Spaniards and Puerto Ricans lol As you most commonly realize although, there is a change among conversational ethnic questions and the entire "investigate the field" stuff. Telling an American that you are Portuguese, they're going to conveniently take it as "oh, that is his nationality". Telling a Latino, or particularly any person that is not from an anglo-centered tradition (like England and the US), they're going to take it as your race. All of these items is solely social assemble. There is not any technology in the back of any "racial" stuff.

Answer 3

Hi Maria! Let's see if I undestood your question:
basically you want to know about the racial differences of Latin American hispanics and Spanish hispanics, right? Yes, many Latin American are whites. Not all Spanish or Portuguese settlers that came to Latin America mixed with the indigenous people or with their black their slaves. And, in the end of the XIXth century and beggining of the XXth century many Europeans came to Latin America, from various countries, specially Spain, Portugal, Italy and Germany. To think that all Latin Americans are mixed is ridiculous, it's ignorance. You don't need to show Catalina Sandino to prove that many hispanics are whites. There are lots of Latin Americans that are whiter than Colombian Catalina Sandino. Let's stay in Colombia: the presidente Álvaro Uribe:
http://www.capital.de/static/bilder/Redaktion/005-Illustrationen/004-Sonstige/uribe_alvaro_g.jpg

The former president Andrés Pastrana (1998-2002):
http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2006/07/13/PH2006071301660.jpg

And many others. Actually about 1/3 of Latin Americans are white. The proportion of whites in Latin American countries varies a lot. In Argentina and Uruguay they are more than 80%. In Mexico they are only 10%.

EDITION (after Grdnoviz answer, below)
My dear Grdnoviz, as you don't allow e-mail messages, let's have a small discusion here. People from US were always known for thinking that owns the thurth and liking to point "who is white", "who is black". Specially the blacks, they love to point out who is black. As if it makes them better. "Souther Europeans are black" some say, "they mixed with North Africans". Well, forget about this. You said how is sad that Latin Americans try to deny their "african and indigenous blood". No one is trying to deny nothing my friend, some Latin Americans are whites, some are not, some are black, some are not, some are indigenous, some are not, some are asian, some are not, the only thing you can not say about Latin Americans is generalizations like: "Latin Americans ara a mix os spanish (sic), black and indigenous blood".This is the most racially diverse continent in the planet. Let's suppose you saw fake-whites (sic) Latin Americans like the 2 links that I gave above. What do you think? "They look white, but they have indigenous and black blood". Is it what do you think? Well, I don't know, I honestly don't know if they have or not. But if they have... so what? If a person looks white, then probably her "blood" is very white. No one that is 50% non-white will look white. If a person looks white why do you care so much with her/him blood? What is beeing white? Do you know what is beeing white? Beeing white is looking like white, nothing more than that, and someone who thinks differently is a RACIST. What does it changes the blood? Stop beeing obcecated with "purity". There is no such thing as purity. What am I? I'm a white Latin American. Do I have black blood? I DON'T CARE!

(...and, as if all white or blacks from US are pure, hahaha, beleive it)

Answer 4

enrique igelasas is mixed , he isn't 100% spaniard , antonio banderas is a tall guy , he has dark hair, but it is not as dark as the "mexcians" and he is white, he gets tan if he is in the sun, he comes from a hot country! he has a beautiful face with big brown eyes and a killer accent and he is light- he was very pale as a kid, catalina sadina moreno looks native american mixed with white-she is from colombia not spain-people from spain are celtic, scandinavian, mediterranean mixed, also there has been a lot of immigration from different races into spain, it is ruing the native spainard race, anyways , you are obvious ignorant, i'm mexico there are more white people than darker skin people, i'm mexican and i have blue eyes and red hair! FYI. europeams settled in mexcio, central, and south america so there's a diversity-get educated

Answer 5

Mexicans are mixed with both European ancestery(Spainard) and Indian. Cubans are black( African American) and Spanish. hispanics are mixed ... but Spain Spanish are europeans full blood. And it doesn't matter if they are dark or whatever spanish the ones from spain are considered White because they are European.

Answer 6

Yes only the celebrities you described (note enrique iglesias is half filipino) are southeners who are mixed with arab moors. Look at people in Northern spain most have nordic attributes...

Answer 7

Well, if they are mixed with Indian they are mestizo. But Spaniards are Europeans. There shouldn't a be a 'white' to describe southern Europeans. I myself am Norwegian/Moroccan, and I consider myself half white

Answer 8

from Spain yes

Answer 9

No one is "white". We are all descended from a common African ancestress.

The thing is that the Spanish came to Central American and bred with the indigenous people - no one knows who is what any more and no one should care.

Answer 10

Mexicans are Caucasian, or white. Mexican Indians are Indians mixed with Caucasian.