I live in USA for a long time,and people never think that i'm from Spain because i'm white with blue eyes,they always tell me,that i don't look from Spain,and they never been in Spain.So why they think that way?
2007-03-20 19:40:28 · 9 answers · asked by lavidasigue40 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
i guess thats the way the media and other things depict that but if its any consolation i never really thought all of one race was one color......ive seen people that blonde hair blue eyes light skin and are technically black. oh...it could also be some type of ignorance
2007-03-20 19:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by ♥♫§weetTart§amantha♫♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have some examples
a girl said :
.''Well it depends on your definition of "white"
I've seen Puerto Ricans with red hair and green eyes; Argentinians with Blonde hair and blue eyes; Spaniards with Dark hair and blue eyes.'' ( I was asked why only''white ''people have colored eyes and light hair)
a guy said:
''Whites and Latinos are different races. Believe me I know. I'm both. Welsh and English one side. Hispanic New Mexican and Native American on the other. Yes there are similarities. Like a common humanity. But also differences. You both interact differently with people for starters. Argentina also has a lot of native Argentinians too''
most Americans are
ignorant ignorant ignorant
2007-03-21 03:23:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that some Americans think that people from Spain look like Mexicans.That is probably because Mexicans speak Spanish.
2007-03-21 02:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by Max 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In America we associate Spain with Spanish with south of our border(think Mexico/Central America). Most people we(Americans) come across that are of Spanish decent are darker in color. It is rare to see someone from Spain so Americans assume that since the Spanish that live south of the border are dark the ones to the east(Europe) must be dark too. Welcome to the American stereotype.
2007-03-21 02:48:37 · answer #4 · answered by hockey 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason that half of us don't know that New Mexico is part of the United States and that Puerto Ricans and Mexicans are not the same thing. Our schools don't spend enough time on this stuff because they think we need to know how to sew for real life.
2007-03-21 02:46:57 · answer #5 · answered by Lesley M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh because americans are a bit ignorant, and they see all this mexicans and they asume that all hispanics have to be mexican /indigenous looking. belive me i go thru that every freakin day just cuz im white(hispanic) and my cousin he is mixed right.. his dad is a black cuban and his mom is a white panamenian(my aunt) and he sooo hates this place because people dont belive he is hispanic. but we both deal with their ignorance. what can we do? ... nothing really!
2007-03-21 17:43:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
b/c most Americans think of Spanish people as Mexican looking or Latino, b/c those are the people we see speaking Spanish, that is my opinion
2007-03-21 02:45:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Americans are ignorant (and stupid), and they have the "America and the rest of the world" mentality.
2007-03-21 02:44:06 · answer #8 · answered by Some_Guy 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
por antonio banderas
2007-03-22 08:28:16 · answer #9 · answered by salaza82 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋