What do people expect latinos to look like and why do they expect it?

[soyundorito]

I'm saying this bc some time ago I got into chat roulette with some friend since we were bored and some guys called us things like crackers and chinks, which at the moment we didn't know what it meant

 

I'm just writing this because I'm honestly curious, do people expect latinos to be all tan, sexy and etc? As someone who is from south America O have to tell you that sadly that's not true lol i myself is an example bc I'm pale, skinny and (sadly) plane af

[Sana Minatozaki]

they think latinos are all tan probably because a lot of latinos are tan because of the weather in south america 

[kdragonkwon]

I'm from the UK and I thought that they were a racial mix? Like some white, black, native or a mix of those?

[soyundorito]

they think latinos are all tan probably because a lot of latinos are tan because of the weather in south america

But not every country in South America has hot weather tho

[Jamoneitor]

Lmao same, I'm from Chile and I look like a ghost, I'm tall and flat as well, I met some Gringos and they were like "You don't look like a Chilean lady!!!". I mean we're all of mixed race, I don't know what they were expecting :-/.

[Sana Minatozaki]

But not every country in South America has hot weather tho

 

 

well that's what they don't consider lol

[Almondandlime]

Most people think all latinos are mestizos.

[Rapmon's Ahjussi Husband]

They think Latinos is Mexico, the end, we all are cholos and eat tamales, and they'll pronounce spanish words very loudly looking retard

[soyundorito]

I'm from the UK and I thought that they were a racial mix? Like some white, black, native or a mix of those?

Yes, we are really mixed, there's people with white, black, indigenous, or Asian ascendent

[soyundorito]

Lmao same, I'm from Chile and I look like a ghost, I'm tall and flat as well, I met some Gringos and they were like "You don't look like a Chilean lady!!!". I mean we're all of mixed race, I don't know what they were expecting :-/.

lol Yo también soy Chilena c:

[kdragonkwon]

Yes, we are really mixed, there's people with white, black, indigenous, or Asian ascendent

I didn't know about Asian so learned something new there! But glad I'm not too far off, I do try to pay attention.

[TinaStarB]

Most people associate the world latino with metizo/mestiço and don't understand that latino is not a race. Saying you're latino gives you as much information to someone as saying you're North American, it can give you some idea but it's very open ended. Unlike North America, South America was colonized to extract resources, not to become a settlement for european families, so we do have more miscegenation due to that. 

 

Even then you can't make assumptions because unlike americans we don't do the one drop rule, so even if you have mixed heritage (as most people probably have) you can identify as white and be treated as such as long as you look like it (not limited to lily white looks, a lot would be considered mixed by americans).

[Lynnie]

Because people don't really think about Latin America in general, Central & South America...

 

I'm latino and I am tan but not really dark. Both of my parents are from El Salvador and their parents before them, etc. I do look quite mixed too- I've gotten lots of different guesses to "what I am"

[soyundorito]

I didn't know about Asian so learned something new there! But glad I'm not too far off, I do try to pay attention.

Yes there's really everything here lol so I get really mad when people say that I'm not Latin just because I don't fit in the (wrong) idea of Latin people lol

[kdragonkwon]

Yes there's really everything here lol so I get really mad when people say that I'm not Latin just because I don't fit in the (wrong) idea of Latin people lol

I can't believe people try to tell you you're not Latin... don't they realise you'd know better than them lol, smh

[Hatsune_Miku]

i expect them to be short because i see more short latinos than tall

[soyundorito]

I can't believe people try to tell you you're not Latin... don't they realise you'd know better than them lol, smh

There was a guy that told me to stop faking it and to confess that I was lying and that I was actually "white" and that I should stop... like do people realize that "Latin" is not a race?

[kdragonkwon]

There was a guy that told me to stop faking it and to confess that I was lying and that I was actually "white" and that I should stop... like do people realize that "Latin" is not a race?

How to be that ignorant... I'm nowhere near Latin America and even I know it's not a race. People don't care enough to educate themselves.

[My Everything]

I'm half Dominican and Puerto Rican and I totally get what you mean. They expect us to be tan, tall, and curvy when we all look different.

[Lynnie]

There was a guy that told me to stop faking it and to confess that I was lying and that I was actually "white" and that I should stop... like do people realize that "Latin" is not a race?

omfg how ignorant of that person..

[YEOJU]

ppl don't understand we're really varied in appearances

[Ðœimi]

Well it's same with Middle Easterners. Even though we are not mixed like latinos. But so many people expect you to look only a certain way like it's a race 

[Shalnark]

As someone who is from south America O have to tell you that sadly that's not true lol i myself is an example bc I'm pale, skinny and (sadly) plane af

Me too 

[borealis]

people usually expect latinos to be tan and curvy like demi lovato. its pretty much the same with how people think asians are pale skinned and have monolids bc they only know china and japan

[Caridee]

Sorry to disappoint people who think all latinos are tan and tall cuz I'm fair skinned and average in height