Comments on: Oyeme! White Latinas Have Rhythm, too! http://www.hispanicmpr.com Providing you essential information on America's largest minority Sun, 6 Jul 2008 00:17:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Julie http://www.hispanicmpr.com/resources/articles/oyeme-white-latinas-have-rhythm-too/#comment-866999 Julie Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:14:22 +0000 http://www.hispanicmpr.com/resources/articles/oyeme-white-latinas-have-rhythm-too/#comment-866999 I think you are right about that, many of my friends think I´m crazy but I think just like you. I think you are right about that, many of my friends think I´m crazy but I think just like you.

]]> By: Phil http://www.hispanicmpr.com/resources/articles/oyeme-white-latinas-have-rhythm-too/#comment-866941 Phil Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:04:40 +0000 http://www.hispanicmpr.com/resources/articles/oyeme-white-latinas-have-rhythm-too/#comment-866941 I really enjoyed your article. As an assimilated Mexican-American whose Mexican ancestors were mostly 18th century immigrants from the Basque region, France, and the Canary Islands, I have had many experiences of both Latinos and non-Latinos failing to recognize my heritage. I can especially relate to the psychologist who has been misidentified even by Latinos whose skin is lighter than his own. I am often misidentified as Italian or Jewish, and less often as Lebanese, Caucasian (in the proper sense of Georgian, Armenian, etc.), or even Welsh (think Catherine Zeta Jones, a Welsh actress who has played Hispanic roles)! I think facial structure is often more crucial than complexion in determing these perceptions. As far as your article's title goes, I imagine it has a lot to do with the heavy African element in Cuba. In the parts of Latin American, like Mexico, where an Iberian-Indigenous mix predominates, Latinos can thank their European ancestors for their fleet feet. Anyone who travels to Andalucia will quickly discover that White Latinos and Latinas are very graceful indeed! I really enjoyed your article. As an assimilated Mexican-American whose Mexican ancestors were mostly 18th century immigrants from the Basque region, France, and the Canary Islands, I have had many experiences of both Latinos and non-Latinos failing to recognize my heritage. I can especially relate to the psychologist who has been misidentified even by Latinos whose skin is lighter than his own. I am often misidentified as Italian or Jewish, and less often as Lebanese, Caucasian (in the proper sense of Georgian, Armenian, etc.), or even Welsh (think Catherine Zeta Jones, a Welsh actress who has played Hispanic roles)! I think facial structure is often more crucial than complexion in determing these perceptions.

As far as your article’s title goes, I imagine it has a lot to do with the heavy African element in Cuba. In the parts of Latin American, like Mexico, where an Iberian-Indigenous mix predominates, Latinos can thank their European ancestors for their fleet feet. Anyone who travels to Andalucia will quickly discover that White Latinos and Latinas are very graceful indeed!

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