plátanos & collard greens: I'm suddenly curious.

hndwrttn:

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

To the lighter-skinned Latinas, Natives, and particularly East Asians or South East Asians, have you ever heard the phrase “pretty for a ____” in reference to your race?

Yes, I’ve heard “Pretty for a Filipina” before, but unfortunately that is…

no, but i have been told i “must be spanish” because “those are the light skinned ones.” fyi, i am a mix of an irish-mexican (dark skin, dark hair, light eyes) and a redhead (pale skin, freckles). i got the light skin and eyes and freckles, but the dark hair, so most americans classify me as “white.”

Oct

14

2011

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  1. racemash reblogged this from hndwrttn
  2. wingsandtails reblogged this from hndwrttn
  3. yourenorocknrollfun reblogged this from prosetitute and added:
    told i “must be spanish” because “those are the light skinned ones.” fyi, i am...mix of an...
  4. strontiumcapybara reblogged this from zuky and added:
    Not me (for obvious reasons) but I’ve heard the horror stories, like two African friends looking through the 3 suisses...
  5. queennubian reblogged this from prosetitute
  6. prosetitute reblogged this from hndwrttn
  7. peroquevaina reblogged this from hndwrttn
  8. decodeunzipdiscover reblogged this from baddominicana and added:
    Gonna do a big mmmhmmm for this one. That phrase just doesn’t sit well with me at all.
  9. boomirock reblogged this from baddominicana
  10. coquifroggy reblogged this from mothmaiden
  11. zuky reblogged this from poemsofthedead and added:
    not… This is kind of embarrassing because I was raised...neither accept nor repeat...
  12. rosadefuego reblogged this from poemsofthedead and added:
    Someone once told me I was “hot for a Mexican.” I asked him what he meant, and he said, “Well most Mexicans are fat.” I...
  13. angrybrownbaby reblogged this from poemsofthedead and added:
    don’t pass at all. If people don’t realize...Native, they think
  14. poemsofthedead reblogged this from angrybrownbaby and added:
    I am very light skinned (because I am mixed) and I have never been called “pretty” at all that I can recall, much less...
  15. sleepywanderlust said: i’ve heard “your eyes really don’t look chinky for a chinese person.” while not directly having to do with ‘pretty,’ people don’t really refer to ‘chinky’ as being attractive
  16. norangsaek said: I haven’t, but I’m sure darker skinned Latinas have. :/
  17. kiranteros said: I am not sure if this applies to me or not, but whenever people find out I am Samoan their first reaction is “Oh, but you’re not fat/oh but you’re so skinny”.
  18. xanthophiliac said: I personally never get told I’m pretty at all, but I think that’s also because I don’t look like Asian fetishist white men’s idea of what a hot Asian woman is supposed to look like.
  19. losguantesverdes said: I mean, this could be true for darker-skinned persons as well.

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