re: Since this forum is so obsessed with race, here is my problem with white people

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Last name Diaz. But there are plenty of blonde haired blue eyed Latinas. Sophia Vergara is a natural blonde.

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Just because someone comes from a Central/South American country doesn't mean they have a great deal of Mesoamerican blood. Spaniards, especially from the northern part of the peninsula which were under Moorish rule for far less time than say, Andalusia, look like your typical Northern European. After all, they are the descendants of the Visigoths and Suebi.

ETA: Same rule goes for Italians. Sicilians, who have been ruled by a great deal of peoples, provoke the typical American image of Italians- short, olive skinned, and with black hair. They have Latin, Greek, and Berber admixtures. Compare this to northern Italians, most of which descend from Lombards (Germanics), and you have what appear to be entirely different kinds of folks, ethnically speaking.