I just remember looking into the demographics a few years ago (guess why…) and seeing some small percentage of Cubans identity as Taino. I’m not well-read… at all… so, just wanted to leave room for that exception.
On a tangent side thought I just had, I do enjoy how many Americans get incredibly butthurt over calling Cubans white. Like calling Che or Fidel white pisses off a lot of people. I don’t really want to poke this bear, but it’s kinda funny how just saying they were white will make such a wide group of people pull out calipers and demand I explain how I arrived at their whiteness.
It’s probably because Americans don’t consider white Latin Americans to be white. If they have darker features they’re called “white passing” and if they have features like blonde hair and blue eyes they’re seen as not really being Latin American. It’s pretty annoying.
I just remember looking into the demographics a few years ago (guess why…) and seeing some small percentage of Cubans identity as Taino. I’m not well-read… at all… so, just wanted to leave room for that exception.
On a tangent side thought I just had, I do enjoy how many Americans get incredibly butthurt over calling Cubans white. Like calling Che or Fidel white pisses off a lot of people. I don’t really want to poke this bear, but it’s kinda funny how just saying they were white will make such a wide group of people pull out calipers and demand I explain how I arrived at their whiteness.
It’s probably because Americans don’t consider white Latin Americans to be white. If they have darker features they’re called “white passing” and if they have features like blonde hair and blue eyes they’re seen as not really being Latin American. It’s pretty annoying.