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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]......No, the point is that Hispanics never had that skin color obsession that you Anglos had.

We have other problems, but not that one -- which explains why most Hispanics are mixed race.

Now, if you want to keep promoting old stereotypes and bs, admit at least that you see yourself as black first and Latina second if at all. When was the last time you read an adult book in Spanish by a Hispanic writer?

You're another race-obsessed anglo.[/quote]

I'm the white mother of 3 mixed race kids - my DH's family is South American.  I don't know where you grew up but, from my MIL's stories, there absolutely IS 'skin color obsession' in Hispanics.  I can't count the number of times it's come up among the women in my DH's family.  It was an especially hot topic when it came to the color of babies in the family and the sunbathing of teenaged family members.  My MIL was thrilled that my kids are so 'white' - not like her nieces/nephews whose parents are 'dark'.  She, apparently, was called 'dark' growing up and negatively compared to her 'white' sister.  I should note that my MIL's family was wealthy by South American standards and they were all proud they were 'Spanish' - with the implication they had no 'Indian' blood.  DNA testing has proven them incorrect and the older generations refuse to believe the testing.

Although I don't know why it matters, the last book I read by a native Spanish speaker was The Alchemist by Paul Coelho. I've also read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. In my years after college, I also read most of what Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote as well as the novels of Isabel Allende. Oh, I've also read Don Quixote by Cervantes which is actually one of my favorites but I'm a 'classics' kind of girl.

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Paulo Coelho is Brazillian and writes in Portuguese not Spanish, smarty pants who doesn't understand the difference.[/quote]

Whatever.   :roll: [/quote]

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