Posts Tagged ‘argentina’

Why do the people in the US think that being latin american is a kind of race?

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

I mean people in the US talk about latin americans as other race. And being latin american means "to live in a country in america where people talk a latin language (spanish, portuguese, italian, french or romanian). I’m from Argentina, and I’m white. Here you can also find mestizos or white. But being latin [...]

Why do some Latin Americans talk about "la raza" when it doesn't even exist?

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

What exactly is "la raza" supposed to mean? Last time I checked, there is no such thing as a "Latin American race". You’ve got countries like Mexico which are predominantly mestizo, then you’ve got countries which are predominantly Amerindian like Guatemala, some which are mostly mulatto like the Dominican Republic and Cuba, as [...]