This strikes me as a topic that has been covered tons of times but I scrolled through all the pages and didn't see it. So if it has been, let's reopen it.
Discuss.
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Dude, I'm Spanish...we are white.
Some people (mostly americans) think that we are like Mexicans...no. We are as white as the French, British or Germans. I have blond hair and grey eyes.
Actually, the only Spaniards with a darker skin come from the shouth, where the Moors ruled for nearly 800 years.
It is funny that most of these posts dissing Spaniards are probably from dumb "white" Americans who are really just transplanted Europeans.
A mish-mas of Euro DNA often mixed with American Indian and Negro.
So so pure... spare me.
Eat the Neocons.
Erm, yeah, a white guy... Cause what are Spaniards if not white?
If you don't see Spaniards as white but Italians, Greeks etc. as white, well, then you are really retarded.
I'm of Spanish descent. My whole family is pale. In fact, my mom and her side of the family come from a long line of redheads. Spanish, and really a lot of Southern Europeans, in general, aren't pale(still 'white' just not pale) compared to Northern Europeans, but the term 'white' isn't supposed to be taken literally. Collin Farrell and many other examples of 'pure' Irish, and Brits have a very olive skin tone despite their ethnicity. I guess they aren't white to you?
Of course, someone like you, already has it stuck in their head that Spaniards aren't white. Fine, we aren't 'white', but we are European. And if somehow you believe that Spaniards aren't then you are really stupid.
Anyways, I love that Russell played the 'Spaniard'. Don't know who else could have played that part better than he did.
Erm, yeah, a white guy... Cause what are Spaniards if not white?
If you don't see Spaniards as white but Italians, Greeks etc. as white, well, then you are really retarded.
I'm of Spanish descent. My whole family is pale. In fact, my mom and her side of the family come from a long line of redheads. Spanish, and really a lot of Southern Europeans, in general, aren't pale(still 'white' just not pale) compared to Northern Europeans, but the term 'white' isn't supposed to be taken literally. Collin Farrell and many other examples of 'pure' Irish, and Brits have a very olive skin tone despite their ethnicity. I guess they aren't white to you?
Of course, someone like you, already has it stuck in their head that Spaniards aren't white. Fine, we aren't 'white', but we are European. And if somehow you believe that Spaniards aren't then you are really stupid.
Anyways, I love that Russell played the 'Spaniard'. Don't know who else could have played that part better than he did.
YES!
Not all people believe this but I do. I've always considered myself as a "CelticIberian". Especially, since my paternal grandparents are from Galicia and for as long as i've known and they've been around they've always considered themselves to be Celtic.
I just got through a few days ago watching 12 Italian films on Greek mythology. Not one single person in any of those films sounded Greek. Some sounded Italian, British, American, one even sounded French but not one in those 12 films sounded Greek and with such an international array of actors in it one would have thought they'd actually get some Greeks to play a part or two. Certainly Greece is closer to Italy than the US, the UK, or even France.
Do I like it? No. But it's not just "Hollywood" that does it.
-Nam
I am on the road less traveled...
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