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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is she aware that she is "different"? [/quote]

Sometimes. She is aware that she does not speak Spanish like many of her friends. She also knows that she has different hair. Other than that, no.[/quote]

[b]Aren't latino's white? [/b]

Did anyone come to her birthday party?[/quote]

NP. Yes, Zoe Saldana, Jimmy Smits, Rosario Dawson, Rosie Perez, and LaLa Anthony are white. [/quote]

Race and ethnicity 101 time.  Latinos can be multiple races.  You have Latinos from Spain who look basically white; and you have Latinos from the DR who look basically black; and you have Latinos from Mexico who look indigenous.  The new trend in collecting data on Latinos is to let them indicate their Latino ethnicity and chose a race or nationality as well.  [/quote]

OP here. I agree with this. I also think that many people are concerned about "cultural differences" (whatever that means to them), and when you are talking about the differences between my white Midwestern family and my DD's best friend's Honduran family, there are a number of cultural differences (including language, which I mentioned) that are not capture by "Latinos ARE white."[/quote]

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