If Mexican isn't a Race, then what Race are they? Race of Hispanics and Latinos

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 1 сер 2017
  • If Mexican isn't a race, then what race are they? Today, we're going to be discussing the racial makeup of Hispanics and Latinos in Latin America and the United States, and the history of the region.
    The situation of race and ethnicity in Latin America is extremely confusing for both outside observers as well as for those who actually live there, and I'm going to attempt to shed some light on the situation, which I can largely relate to. I've been studying the region for a long time, and although I'm not an expert, I do know a bit about the subject through speaking to my many Hispanic friends, and reading about the subject.
    Be sure to let me know your thoughts on Latin America and Latinos! Thanks for watching!
    Special thanks to my Patreon supporters who make these videos possible!
    Michael S.
    Recho B.
    Tarkan S.
    Keyuri P.
    Kyle R.
    Black CR.
    Kelvin M.
    RHZ
    Avinash Chowdhary

КОМЕНТАРІ • 26 тис.

  • @ruben1128
    @ruben1128 7 місяців тому +1185

    Call me Latino, Hispanic , Mexican but NEVER call me “Latin X “

    • @magikarp1666
      @magikarp1666 7 місяців тому +9

      What's the context behind that word ? Referring to Latinx

    • @straysheep5312
      @straysheep5312 7 місяців тому +93

      @@magikarp1666 LatinX is simply a gender neutral way of referring any Latino. "Woke" people were getting annoyed that they had to say Latino(a) to include both men and women. So the "political correct" way to refer to the Latino population is by saying "LatinX".
      Between you and me, it's like when you have to deal with having a conversation with someone that has proper pronouns...

    • @terenarosa4790
      @terenarosa4790 7 місяців тому +31

      ​@@straysheep5312in both the Spanish and English language when referring to a mixed gender group of people you use the male version.
      English group you say, "hey guys"
      Spanish group "hola ninos"
      At least that's what I've learned from Duolingo and college Spanish classes.
      Idk why people are acting like it's a brand new thing they need to fight against. Misgendering a man has always been viewed as the worst thing ever.

    • @papifeo.
      @papifeo. 7 місяців тому +12

      Why not? Makez u sound like a cyborg😂😂😂

    • @barrontrump3943
      @barrontrump3943 7 місяців тому +7

      dont care youre brown LOL

  • @albertgallegos4573
    @albertgallegos4573 3 роки тому +6099

    Man In mexico we never even talk about this kinda stuff in mexico we are just proud to be Mexican 😂😂😂

    • @Josh1.8
      @Josh1.8 3 роки тому +429

      I know that's very funny this national pride is mistaken for racial pride. I remember most of my white Spanish peers in history class they use to say "nuestros antepasados? " Seran Los tuyos pinche indio!" when a proud classmate refer to the Aztecs. Indigenous were always the lowest social level, today you see many Indigenous origin people as Attorneys, accountants, CEO's,

    • @Mike_E_DeShaman
      @Mike_E_DeShaman 3 роки тому +20

      Just ask jose Sanchez

    • @Mike_E_DeShaman
      @Mike_E_DeShaman 3 роки тому +11

      You flag my comments because they're true ... flag it

    • @antonishedsp2036
      @antonishedsp2036 3 роки тому +131

      I very respect Mexicans. In my country, people are not united. Nobody wants to recognize their own person in everyone. Chechens, Tatars, Russians, Yakuts, Bashkirs - all are nationalists. But foreigners know us all as "Asian, Caucausian and Slav Russians".
      Our country, Russia, is the largest only because it has remained an empire. The Spanish, British, Ottoman, Japanese, French, Portuguese Empire collapsed, and the Russian Empire simply changed its name to the period of socialism, and in the 90s again headed for imperialism and the dominance of Slavic Russians.

    • @frankturcios6075
      @frankturcios6075 3 роки тому +346

      Mexicans love white skin thats all you see on spanish tv

  • @melinegharibyan3492
    @melinegharibyan3492 4 місяці тому +34

    I am a 100% Armenian, yet everyone in Florida thinks I am a Latino who pretends not to speak Spanish

    • @joemama4473
      @joemama4473 2 місяці тому

      Armenians look like light skinned mestizos, some pass as Italian too, especially if they dye there hair

    • @mannylopez9844
      @mannylopez9844 15 днів тому

      That's because you are still a very low minority in Florida. Tell them to come to California specially Glendale or North Hollywood and they will see what Armenians are all about.

    • @user-ej5ne5ir6v
      @user-ej5ne5ir6v 15 днів тому

      Not all Latinos talk Spanish Mexican American very few talk spanish

    • @chauvintookaknee4blm268
      @chauvintookaknee4blm268 13 днів тому

      @@user-ej5ne5ir6v that's not Latino. That's such a dumb logic to use. Latinos are in Latin countries

    • @hollyroxy25
      @hollyroxy25 13 днів тому

      I grew up in South FL, everyone just assumed I spoke Spanish lol
      I’m Italian, Irish & Cherokee 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @gerardesc7221
    @gerardesc7221 7 місяців тому +81

    Very interesting video as a mexican I wanted to check out this video out. There are many experiences regarding race in Mexico but our history is so convoluted that we just agree that we could have ancestors from everywhere. It has created a kind of common ground that no one should be superior just because the color of their skin.

    • @newagain9964
      @newagain9964 7 місяців тому +7

      Bruh. Stop lying. Look at who has the political and economic power in Mexico.

    • @gerardesc7221
      @gerardesc7221 7 місяців тому +11

      @@newagain9964 That has nothing to do with how the majority of mexicans identify with their roots. If you want to talk about politics that´s another subject.

    • @FredXTribeJudah
      @FredXTribeJudah 7 місяців тому

      Only three race of people were ever created by Yah/God- black , Asian and white

    • @atatterson6992
      @atatterson6992 7 місяців тому

      Why would it matter? I thought only whyte people can be rayciss? I'm a gringo with Mexican wife and lived there over 10 years. Mexico is WAY more rayciss than white America. Ask an indio o ranchero.

    • @gerardesc7221
      @gerardesc7221 7 місяців тому +1

      @@atatterson6992 dude, you´re a marvel for youtube comments. 1) What would what matter? You gotta be more specific. 2) Nobody said only white people could be racist. 3) The kind of racism you see in Mexico is not even close to the one you see in America. 4) How do you expect people to take you seriously when you have an Escobar profile picture?

  • @evaeagle7887
    @evaeagle7887 4 роки тому +3200

    Watch a mexican telenovela they are white skin with blue eyes and then you watch an american movie and they always put a mestizo or brown actor as a hispanic.

    • @blake5452
      @blake5452 4 роки тому +499

      Eva Eagle it’s the same in Indian culture where Bollywood always uses light skin and hazel green eyes a lot, but Hollywood always portrays the same stereotype

    • @JAHAZIIELable
      @JAHAZIIELable 4 роки тому +287

      So far I saw only 2 or 3 black actors in telenovelas cuz they're racist! There's black people in Mexico too. Most of us are BROWN.

    • @MarianaLopez-dy3rr
      @MarianaLopez-dy3rr 4 роки тому +416

      Most of those light skinned actors aren’t even Mexican. Their from different Hispanic/Latino countries. Televisa has been known for discriminating those of indigenous backgrounds and African decent.

    • @sfepea777
      @sfepea777 4 роки тому +48

      Really? I always thought that most of them, obviously except for the ones who are from Argentina or descendants of European immigrants, were mestizos, because that’s exactly what they’ve looked like to me all my life.

    • @jg0037
      @jg0037 4 роки тому +62

      Mexico is america!.

  • @wiseprince4271
    @wiseprince4271 6 років тому +4233

    Mexican is a Nationality, not a race!!

    • @wiseprince4271
      @wiseprince4271 6 років тому +57

      ANTONIO VILARAIGOSA Your Mother Loves me though!😂✊🏾✌🏾

    • @buttercupzs
      @buttercupzs 6 років тому +56

      No shit

    • @wiseprince4271
      @wiseprince4271 6 років тому +201

      Eternal_Gemstone Wrong!! Spaniards come from Spain, again a Nationality not a race! Also Indian is not a race nore were they the first Native Americans!

    • @lala-cp5ct
      @lala-cp5ct 6 років тому +217

      Idc I call myself Mexican cause my origins are in Mexico.

    • @lala-cp5ct
      @lala-cp5ct 6 років тому +210

      Eddie Bro
      Bruh I told a guy from mexico that I'm Mexican too.. But hes like "no you're not, Mexican is a nationality, ur only mexican if youre born in mexico or get citizenship" 😂.
      Omg like how many times did I have to tell him that my heritage is Mexican & that I'm related to the nativeAmericans of Mexico. & that it doesnt matter if im from the US. My lineage is Mexico. I also told him that I'm more mexican than someone who is from Mexico with full European blood & 0 Native Ancestors from Mexico. FACTS. If a 100% european couple from Russia goes to Mexico & has a baby in Mexico, im still more Mexican than that baby. That baby has citizenship that says hes Mexican, hes Mexican through citizenship/papers... but im actually Mexican through heritage, lineage. & blood. Hence, we're more mexican than anyone in Mexico that doesnt have native Mexican ancestors. U dont need to be born in mexico to be Mexican. I'm a US citizen, & I'm Mexican.
      I'm Mexican & I'm a US citizen.
      I dont have Mexican citizenship, but Im still Mexican through heritage, lineage, culture, & blood.

  • @AnonYmous-be9vw
    @AnonYmous-be9vw 7 місяців тому +10

    This was very informative. The pics of the people were my favorite, it reminded me of the beauty of humanity and that love is greater than hate. Much love.

  • @Art_of_Ramon
    @Art_of_Ramon Місяць тому +3

    I was born in 1971 and grew up in Texas. The term Mexican was synonymous with Hispanic of Mexican descent, because the term American was synonymous with Anglo of light skin. After leaving Texas and traveling the world in the Navy, it's a pretty silly term because there are so many Hispanics from the Caribbean who obviously are not of Mexican descent.

    • @LevisH21
      @LevisH21 Місяць тому

      the are literally millions of white people living in Latin America.
      Argentina is basically a white country because Argentina never had a native American population or if they had, they got assimilated, married with white Europeans and eventually the native population diluted into nothing.
      same story with Uruguay.
      the most famous "Hispanic" person in South America is the football player Lionel Messi. he is more white than the damn Santa Claus. or a Scandinavian person.

    • @Tejano12398
      @Tejano12398 Місяць тому

      @@LevisH21Messi is mestizo

  • @sofiasanz2066
    @sofiasanz2066 6 років тому +2675

    When you're Mexican and you are just reading the comments of people that are not even Latino talking about your culture...well who wants mole?

    • @kinglisco1379
      @kinglisco1379 6 років тому +166

      Sofia Barrera true but their opinions are mostly racist or dumb.

    • @kinglisco1379
      @kinglisco1379 6 років тому +82

      ancap I don't have a clue what your trying to say, your adding illegals that's a irrelevant statement.

    • @tupapi1875
      @tupapi1875 6 років тому +6

      Sofia Barrera yo.!!

    • @tupapi1875
      @tupapi1875 6 років тому +51

      ancap lol.its easy to blame illegal.poor.weak.undefended people.your probably not even affected by illegals because you wouldnt know if you looked at one.stop watching news my friend.its agenda based news meant to make you mad.

    • @tupapi1875
      @tupapi1875 6 років тому +18

      ancap why are you going to comment and say bad words?take a look at yourself and your the one who cant take the heat.you even went as far as saying your vote was cast out of hate for a certain group.

  • @therockmanxx
    @therockmanxx 4 роки тому +1482

    So Are you Black, White, Amerindian or Asian?
    Latin American: Yes

    • @ss.fx3626
      @ss.fx3626 4 роки тому +52

      mexicans are mixed with caucasian , american native(subrace of mongoloids)

    • @ss.fx3626
      @ss.fx3626 4 роки тому +21

      @Chip exactly

    • @ss.fx3626
      @ss.fx3626 4 роки тому +21

      @Vlad the guru dawg im mexican and idgaf about blm or black mexicans

    • @gilmarlopez3590
      @gilmarlopez3590 4 роки тому +25

      Sure Vlad is a bit rude.
      But. He is correct.
      Spaniard blood into our Indian settlers in the Latin Americas happened after the fact that afro Latinos were being enslaved and casted off to different areas of the world to die off.
      Central America?
      Being a big area or that. In exclusive Belize and Panama.
      Before you claim your European blood accept the fact that your afro Latino mestizo.
      PeaceNLove

    • @eustorgioperez5072
      @eustorgioperez5072 4 роки тому +7

      Haven’t done an dna test but hope I have some of every race

  • @chocodiledundee1
    @chocodiledundee1 6 місяців тому +6

    Great video , I’ve got so many mixtures that is kind of overwhelmed , I was born in Brazil 🇧🇷 , so yes African , American 🇺🇸, Italian , Native Indians, European yes great video !

  • @darkh2o716
    @darkh2o716 7 місяців тому +3

    Nice job. Additionally the pics were interesting as they demonstrated how nice looking people can be when you simply see them as people.

  • @undeadpresident
    @undeadpresident 5 років тому +2745

    "Mexican" is a nationality. Most Mexicans are of a race known as "Mestizo" which is a mix of European and native blood. But there are many Mexicans of other races including pure European and pure Native blood.

    • @lilia8545
      @lilia8545 5 років тому +155

      And even that isn't a race because they are mixed in different ways

    • @undeadpresident
      @undeadpresident 5 років тому +398

      @@lilia8545 All races are mixed to some extent anyway unless you are talking about some highly isolated societies.

    • @davidrox4591
      @davidrox4591 4 роки тому +19

      I'm just trying to figure out, should I thank him for mentioning the Reconquista, or piss and moan because he breezed over it without actually naming it?

    • @nativearizona1
      @nativearizona1 4 роки тому +41

      There's no such thing as (pure), if there is show me and prove me wrong!

    • @bbjagaa
      @bbjagaa 4 роки тому +21

      undeadpresident people from Iberia can not be pure as you say. They’re Arabs Jews African and maybe some local Iberians

  • @mayanaztec6440
    @mayanaztec6440 3 роки тому +1467

    I’m brown skin, brown eyes. I have two sisters who are white,greenish eyes. So it’s true that within the same family there can be huge differences.

    • @zeanzern4396
      @zeanzern4396 3 роки тому +6

      I think you mean brown eyes

    • @yaboy1689
      @yaboy1689 3 роки тому +3

      No one has black eyes smart ass

    • @mayanaztec6440
      @mayanaztec6440 3 роки тому +75

      @@zeanzern4396 indeed I did. I guess I was thinking of my extreme black beautiful hair that all the ladies always admire

    • @umbrotheumbreon3824
      @umbrotheumbreon3824 2 роки тому +39

      I can understand what you are saying. My family has around 50/50 of Dutch and German ancestry, my Mom is pure Dutch and my Dad is pure German. With my two youngest brothers and my sister having almost white blonde hair with blue eyes, while I have brown hair and brown eyes. What is also funny is my Dad has red hair.
      Even though my family is 100% White/European the genetic differences between children and parents is surprising.

    • @yaboy1689
      @yaboy1689 2 роки тому +14

      @Niko Ratković it's not black eyes, it's just very dark brown.

  • @PPacheco831
    @PPacheco831 6 місяців тому +3

    Thank you so much for sharing. I was born here in the United States and my parents are from Mexico. As I do more research I came to realized that I’m not Latina but a mixture of race . And knowing my mother is an orphan I did a dna test to know my ancestry. Thank you m. Great video

  • @giovanniegomez28
    @giovanniegomez28 7 місяців тому +3

    Great video taught me something I never knew

  • @1powerequalsgod
    @1powerequalsgod 4 роки тому +2630

    Being called Latino and Hispanic is definitely one of the biggest inaccuracy labels in the US and elsewhere.

    • @lucioagelvis2134
      @lucioagelvis2134 4 роки тому +158

      Latino is simply short for "Latin American" (Actual or of descent) because we couldn't tell where someone was originally from because of looks, accent (if). (or course many Hispanics- Latinos don't speak Spanish at all) so we said: Mira un "Latino"! Most used Hispanic (which I deem more appropriate and less confusing) Hispanic as in of Latin American origin. (Of course there are plenty of White, Indigenous, Asian, Black Latinos apart from the various Mestizo mixes. All this hogwash is so tiring. (Cameron Diaz, Linda Carter,(original Wonder Woman) Catherine Bach, Raquel Welch, Linda Ronstadt (Cali Governor's girlfriend) Rita Hayworth and many others are "Latinas" "Hispanics" "Mexicans" "Spanish".

    • @alejxndraa
      @alejxndraa 4 роки тому +124

      So if it’s not Mexican, not Latino, or Hispanic... then what is it?😪 Im just so confused now.

    • @alexismartinez5410
      @alexismartinez5410 4 роки тому +189

      I am from Mexico I am 80% indigenous 5 spaniard 2%arab 2%sicilian 1% African I call myself indigenous of Mexican nationality. I don't accept Spanish because I'm not from spain I am not latino because Im not from Italy.

    • @juansalazar3137
      @juansalazar3137 4 роки тому +34

      You're completely wrong you need to revamp your research there's a book call before America which states different Origins of individuals throughout civilization and mesoamerica is a starter civilization and individuals on the continent have been there longer than the Pyramid of Giza look it up to the correct research stop giving phony information of after colonization

    • @trollinape2697
      @trollinape2697 4 роки тому +147

      @@alexismartinez5410 being latino doesn't mean italian. Being Latino is having a genetic or cultural bond to the Latins. Altho you're barely European you can still be considered Latin American

  • @gscr09
    @gscr09 4 роки тому +585

    Last time my father filled out an application he checked all the boxes lol...

  • @masterdelrap
    @masterdelrap 7 місяців тому +1

    Most Mexicans are aztecs,mayans and incans native Americans. They are native Americans very simple

  • @vatolocosforever803
    @vatolocosforever803 3 роки тому +1657

    Mexican families one brother can look more Spaniard and the other brother looks 100% indigenous.
    I know cuz that is the case in my family

    • @brunoactis1104
      @brunoactis1104 3 роки тому +159

      I'm paraguayan from italian descent (like many in the south of south america), and i'm white with black eyes and hair, my brother is blonde and green eyes and my sister is very brown but without any indigenous traits. There is not such a thing as a race anymore, we blended far too much a long time ago.

    • @vatolocosforever803
      @vatolocosforever803 3 роки тому +33

      @@brunoactis1104
      Not for us but,, but there is of a lot of indigenous blood out there that doesn't even speak Spanish

    • @chestermartinez2326
      @chestermartinez2326 3 роки тому +41

      Maybe the "SANCHO" Enter in the family

    • @adam007ize
      @adam007ize 3 роки тому +2

      Bruno Torres Hablas Guarani?

    • @radrook4481
      @radrook4481 3 роки тому +25

      Elvis Presely looked Mestizo because he had Native American ancestors. Thing is that in the case of Anglo Americans they cut themselves slack and ignore it.

  • @jonathandjing1065
    @jonathandjing1065 3 роки тому +720

    I never ever questioned my race living in my country until i left my country a few years ago, where race seems to be a big thing outside Latin America, specifically the US

    • @jackystar5099
      @jackystar5099 3 роки тому +33

      @Fuck Youbitch cuz no one in Mexico talks about race.

    • @__-fl3yt
      @__-fl3yt 3 роки тому +5

      @Fuck Youbitch because they started watching t.v. gringa.

    • @__-fl3yt
      @__-fl3yt 3 роки тому +24

      I didn't know my cousins were afromexicans. 😂

    • @__-fl3yt
      @__-fl3yt 3 роки тому +13

      @Fuck Youbitch because in mexico we don't put attention to races.

    • @__-fl3yt
      @__-fl3yt 3 роки тому +4

      @Fuck Youbitch we are all mixed but they have some afro from their mom side, and my uncle is white and native.

  • @reubentorres1991
    @reubentorres1991 7 місяців тому +2

    Love this video thank you

  • @switchriya
    @switchriya 5 місяців тому +2

    loved your video! I have both parents that are from Mexico but on my moms side my great great grandfather is Parisian and my grandmother had these amazing beautiful blue eyes so I can definitely say I have mixed DNA for sure :D

  • @Scarface88.
    @Scarface88. 3 роки тому +1481

    Only in Mexico can you have a cousin that looks like a nopal, and the other like a cheeseburger 😂

    • @Isuck784
      @Isuck784 3 роки тому +161

      O sushi 😂

    • @Scarface88.
      @Scarface88. 3 роки тому +29

      @@Isuck784 that’s a good one

    • @melissafreeman7416
      @melissafreeman7416 3 роки тому +51

      In the States too! I have cousins that look like burnt frybread and others who look like the dough before browning the frybread in the pan! 😂😂😂

    • @Ramiro.salcido
      @Ramiro.salcido 3 роки тому +32

      @Peter September South Africa is always with Mexico brother 🙏 if we could travel as freely as we want I think a lot of us want to take our parents there. It’s beautiful land much like ours❤️

    • @3John-Bishop
      @3John-Bishop 3 роки тому +7

      Im glad Im European white.

  • @RodrigoCastroCh
    @RodrigoCastroCh 3 роки тому +1534

    For us latinos living outside the US it is surprising and disconcerting to see how much of a focus on race there is in the US. Here in Costa Rica race is not really an issue. There is a lot of discrimination and xenophobia but it stems from cultural and socioeconomic factors, not race.

    • @crazyhb4
      @crazyhb4 3 роки тому +227

      Exactly the same in Mexico. I have had fights against gringos that tell me Im wrong about MY OWN nationality. Some have told me I have to chose between white, Mexican and Jewish as if all of those cant coexist.
      Its fascinating how triggered they get when you challenge their race views. No one, and I mean no one from Latin America has even batted an eye when I tell them Im mexican

    • @angelicadayanafernandez1525
      @angelicadayanafernandez1525 2 роки тому +4

      @UC8LanIm1cEsaywE4-ZCxDXQ, then don't come to latin America you asshole, since you don't want latinos in America

    • @sonsolescruchaga8553
      @sonsolescruchaga8553 2 роки тому +48

      Latins are from De Lazio, Italy.
      Hispanos are from Hispania, now Spain, ancient provincia of ROMAN EMPIRE.
      Why they are latins or hispanic?

    • @sonsolescruchaga8553
      @sonsolescruchaga8553 2 роки тому +11

      @@angelicadayanafernandez1525
      Latins are from Del Lazio, Italy.
      Hispanos are from Hispania, now Spain, ancient provincia of ROMAN EMPIRE.
      Why you are latins or hispanic?

    • @angelicadayanafernandez1525
      @angelicadayanafernandez1525 2 роки тому +5

      @@sonsolescruchaga8553, because we have been colonized by white people coming from spain

  • @christiangomez73thetimexbegin
    @christiangomez73thetimexbegin 6 місяців тому +1

    Great Video!🇺🇸

  • @chamuuemura5314
    @chamuuemura5314 7 місяців тому +3

    Here in Japan the assumption is if you’re a foreigner that you’re American or possibly Jamaican. It’s not offensive. It’s just convenient.
    The poster for Brazil around 6:00 is really interesting. It’s from before WW2 when writing was right to left and advertised to lower middle class implying that they could be upper middle class in Brazil. Funny how greed works in advertising even under a tyrannical military dictatorship.

  • @Randomdudefromtheinternet
    @Randomdudefromtheinternet 3 роки тому +489

    I was taught when I was a kid by parents that no matter how pale or dark you are, there's at least a drop of amerindian blood in all of us (New Zealand's ethnic perspective seems the closest to this ideal)
    And let's be honest, no matter how dark or pale we are, to the taquero we'll always be "güero" XD

    • @Raymuk
      @Raymuk 3 роки тому +34

      "Cuantos les pongo güero?"

    • @evaneichenberger845
      @evaneichenberger845 3 роки тому +10

      The funny thing about the New Zealanders is their ancestors were the white wakapapas who were already on the island when the Polynesians came they were white white like the chachapoyas of Peru with blonde hair and facial and body tattoos before they intermarried they were just Polynesians . Those dances with the Haka dance and tattoos are all to honor them. There’s a documentary called New Zealand skeletons in the cupboard about the whakapapa lineage and a few families left with the blonde and red hair.

    • @evaneichenberger845
      @evaneichenberger845 3 роки тому +3

      @Heidi Hoe they had families of whaka blondes in the documentary skeletons in the cupboard new zealand and they traced them to India and originally persia which now doesn't look a thing ethnically like it once did. It's like going back to America and expecting it to be indigenous but finding everyone else there . The truth is people are always migrating and the idea of whites come from europe and blacks from africa, asians from asia ect work most of the time but not in many cases, in which the smithsonian will sweep it all under the rug. Like the original population of new zealand . It's something no one wants to touch ,but the remains are still there.

    • @davidarredondo2733
      @davidarredondo2733 3 роки тому

      How dark or light we are mattered in the past lol 😆

    • @davidarredondo2733
      @davidarredondo2733 3 роки тому

      How dark or light we are mattered in the past lol 😆

  • @binkysteaver9880
    @binkysteaver9880 11 місяців тому +526

    It’s amazing how many people don’t know the difference between nationality and race

    • @SconionRunion
      @SconionRunion 11 місяців тому

      While nationality is real, race is a lie. Science is the ultimate barrier against lies.there are no white people let alone a white race.There are no yellow people let alone a yellow race, the same with red people and a red race. There are however, brown and black people , but you will never hear a brown person refer to himself as a brown. Africans in the diaspora refer to themselves as black, but that is because of the influence of the European criminals who forced them into bondage and removed all knowledge of their prior culture, language, and religion, and imposed their European names and everything else on them. If you travel to Africa you will never hear an African refer to himself as a black, even though his skin color might be jet black. I am Nigerian and Kenyan. As long as you deny the truth and play the silly race and color game you will be lost in the BS that it is based on, and that BS is based on bigotry.

    • @methemonkeyking
      @methemonkeyking 11 місяців тому +1

      Agree. When the speaker first spoke, he said he was an ‘American,’ Mexicans are also Americans (?).
      In the U.S. it's comical that we identify a black person as Afro-American. What if that person was from Afro-European or from Africa, then how do we identify them? Do we just call them Africans? Is we do, we’ll get shot.

    • @jelly5289
      @jelly5289 11 місяців тому +31

      That’s our education system for yal

    • @tjwonderboy
      @tjwonderboy 9 місяців тому +62

      It's amazing how many people still believe humans have races.

    • @claudieduran5481
      @claudieduran5481 9 місяців тому +5

      @@tjwonderboy ethnicity. Ethnical. Oregon Masters .

  • @Ballamizan
    @Ballamizan 2 місяці тому

    Excellent video Mas!

  • @jonathang5160
    @jonathang5160 7 місяців тому +3

    I was born in Mexico and I am white. It really bothers me when every now and then when I'm asked by Mexicans and I tell him/her that I was born in Mexico they tell me "pero no Eres de sangre Mexicana" (but you don't look like you have Mexican blood) I find it offensive and racist. What does Mexican blood supposed to look like?

    • @hailoweenhailoween5264
      @hailoweenhailoween5264 4 місяці тому

      When they say you don't look like you have mexican blood, I think they assume all mexicans look like light brown/brown toned mestizos. Especially because mestizos are the majority in all of Latin America. And yes there are Europeans living there as well. I heard a lot of white european mexicans live predominantly in the northern part of mexico. Is this true?

    • @elpapuxDDReal
      @elpapuxDDReal 2 місяці тому

      I was born in the United States, and I don't consider myself American simply because I didn't grow up with this culture, I didn't grow up with the language and I don't look white 🤷‍♀️

  • @jjjj4075
    @jjjj4075 3 роки тому +831

    Americans don’t even know geography and they want to understand races 😂.

    • @Captain1899
      @Captain1899 3 роки тому

      Yea?

    • @radrook4481
      @radrook4481 3 роки тому +57

      Ignorance is a luxury they feel they can afford because being American should be enough.

    • @anncokafor
      @anncokafor 3 роки тому +10

      What's wrong about understanding humans?

    • @rorymarcel228
      @rorymarcel228 3 роки тому +17

      Wait so ur mad that they are trying learn more about Mexico . What's wrong with that?

    • @annastarr2043
      @annastarr2043 3 роки тому +11

      Stop speaking for all of us

  • @AntiquatedApe
    @AntiquatedApe 3 роки тому +269

    Mexico is super diverse and it's important to note all of the different ethnic groups/cultures that exist within each region.

    • @anthonyjackson7336
      @anthonyjackson7336 Рік тому

      Mexico is not diverse and everyone looks the same. America is diverse and Mexico is just orange people. Like the rest of the clearly Hispanic ppl

    • @tlamatini4617
      @tlamatini4617 Рік тому +6

      Europeans in Mexico can get their recognition back in Europe.

    • @chayitoandrade5827
      @chayitoandrade5827 Рік тому +6

      ​@@kobejames5788 us it's not more diverse than México , us is more white homogeneous

    • @Nonamelol.
      @Nonamelol. Рік тому +1

      @@kobejames5788 How do you know how diverse he thinks it is?

    • @Zelazella1
      @Zelazella1 Рік тому +13

      Yes there are White European Mexicans indigenous Mexicans and Black African Mexicans

  • @1lucasaw
    @1lucasaw 3 місяці тому

    Hey Masaman, long time subscriber-just had to say I'm now in college and this video is listed as a supplemental material for the module in my class. I guess you made it. (Ha!)

  • @WillyJuarez-fi1bq
    @WillyJuarez-fi1bq 7 місяців тому +12

    MEXICO IS VERY UNIQUE
    COMO MEXICO NO HAY DOS !!!!
    VIVA MEXICO & I don’t care about the rest
    I’m very proud to be Mexican from QUE CHULA ES PUEBLA

  • @HMBRTOABLE
    @HMBRTOABLE 4 роки тому +577

    After watching this video, I don’t even know what to call myself anymore. All I know, is that I’m happy I get to enjoy tamales and tacos in my culture 😎🤘🏽

    • @ruialmeida818
      @ruialmeida818 3 роки тому +38

      Call yourself Human, as there's only one race - the Human Race - everything else was made up for political reasons. By the way, I'm Latino, as I'm Portuguese. Latino means descendant of Latin (the language spoke on the Roman Empire). All romance language countries are Latino countries.

    • @charmingcthulhu6544
      @charmingcthulhu6544 3 роки тому +20

      Everybody should have themselves a tamal and a taco or two

    • @seoul68
      @seoul68 3 роки тому +11

      Call yourself based on your nationality , easy . However learn about DNA and race is a science, you can trace your ancestors for curiosity but you belong to where you and grandparents country of birth.

    • @captainredan5339
      @captainredan5339 3 роки тому

      @@ruialmeida818 I think they say latino of from a place called latium

    • @ruialmeida818
      @ruialmeida818 3 роки тому +4

      @@captainredan5339 The original Latin dialect was named after Latium (central Italian region of which the city of Rome is part). The latino countries are the romanced language countries which were part of the Roman Empire, thus, Portugal is a Latino country, as well as Spain, France, Italy among others, although Spain, Italy and Portugal are usualy the ones identified as such.

  • @AlbertoFolres
    @AlbertoFolres 3 роки тому +683

    USA: Obama was the first not white president in North America.
    México: Awww, the ignorance!
    Vicente Guerrero (1829)

    • @blakesleyk.7166
      @blakesleyk.7166 3 роки тому +17

      @ariskava Thank you. Aren’t we always blaming Canada for our stupidity. MX, as well.

    • @AlbertoFolres
      @AlbertoFolres 3 роки тому +50

      @ariskava no, I meant the 3 countries that are located in North America.
      Of course Obama was the first black president of the US. And Canada has not had a not white leader. That's why I said it that way 🙄

    • @landy9345
      @landy9345 3 роки тому +69

      @ariskava North America includes Mexico as well. Didn't you learn that in Geography?

    • @tamcanct9284
      @tamcanct9284 3 роки тому +54

      Actually obama was the third non white president in north america because the second non white president was benito juarez of mexico, he's was of indigenous descent.

    • @AlbertoFolres
      @AlbertoFolres 3 роки тому +23

      @@tamcanct9284 we don't talk about dictators here, especially those who look like Kemonito

  • @leewest356
    @leewest356 6 місяців тому +17

    He visto varios videos que hablan de la diversidad racial y cultural en nuestras tierras al sur de los E.E.U.U. De veras que has hecho un buen trabajo en este video. Has explicado bastante bien la complejidad de America Latina.

    • @The0ldboy
      @The0ldboy 3 місяці тому

      En verdad ha hecho un trabajo de mierd@ en el momento en el cual trata de imponer un relato donde pone a hispano america como una sociedad de castas como la india y eso nunca fue el caso. Una sociedad de castas implica una sociedad estática donde si naces pobre mueres pobre y eso nunca fue el caso en la america hispana. En un sistema de castas jamás hubiese existido un Juan Latino o un Juan Bautista Valerio de la Cruz o un inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

  • @jamesconraadtucker
    @jamesconraadtucker 7 місяців тому

    Informative. Thank you Mason!

  • @Mike-rt2vp
    @Mike-rt2vp 7 місяців тому

    Super interesting. Well done.

  • @FinalLugiaGuardian
    @FinalLugiaGuardian 5 років тому +510

    Mexico is a nationality, not a race. Like the USA, Mexico is a multi-racial country.

    • @diegolopez000
      @diegolopez000 4 роки тому +2

      jas dhanjal I’ve even heard there are white and brown Indians 😂👍. The only bad of this is that apparently the white Indian is more appreciable I don’t know you tell me

    • @jolumi1984
      @jolumi1984 4 роки тому +3

      We don't have black people in Mexico. There is a small population of Haitians but not many.

    • @micahbradley7024
      @micahbradley7024 4 роки тому +7

      jolumi1984 yeah you do, not as much compared to the states but there their

    • @jolumi1984
      @jolumi1984 4 роки тому +2

      @@micahbradley7024 you're right.

    • @norton4692
      @norton4692 4 роки тому +2

      @@jolumi1984 aren't Haitians largely black??

  • @freddypedraza2066
    @freddypedraza2066 4 роки тому +236

    One day I found an American who said he was half white, half native American
    I said "orale ese, you are one of us man"

    • @davidortega357
      @davidortega357 4 роки тому +27

      Im proud to be more native american than spanish im 64% native and east asian 2% siberian soy chino yoy chicano ese

    • @pangeaplay8938
      @pangeaplay8938 4 роки тому +25

      @@davidortega357 Basicly you are un Mestizo...

    • @andres6868
      @andres6868 4 роки тому +9

      What is the average Native American ancestry of an American self-identifying as white? It's not zero, but it's probably quite low. The one-drop rule made it quite a disincentive for Americans during decades to marry non-white spouses.

    • @frenchboymacho7799
      @frenchboymacho7799 4 роки тому

      Freddy Pedraza OW TELL THEM OR HIM THAT, AN AMERICAN IS ANYONE BORN IN THE AMERICAN CONTINENT SINCE OUR ANCESTORS THE SPANIARDS OF 1942 NAMED THIS CONTINENT AMERICA, THEN CONQUERED IT, POPULATED IT AND INTERMARRIED WITH THE NATIVES( WHOM BY THE WAY ARE THE LÍDER TRIBE OF ISRAEL, JOSEPH”S, HE IS/ WAS THE LÍDER OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL NOT THE JEWS, JUDAH) SO WE ARE IT!

    • @pangeaplay8938
      @pangeaplay8938 4 роки тому +2

      @@andres6868 But they are still Caucasoid and White/Red Nordid...

  • @truth4grace580
    @truth4grace580 7 місяців тому +6

    I'm a 4th generation American of Mexican decent. My family came to this country from Mexico in 1930s, fought in WW2 and Vietnam, worked the fields in the 60s & 70s in the Civil rights movement in 60s, but will never be excepted by Mexicans or even some Caucasians, that is the Chicano culture born and raised in California.

    • @marceloamador92024
      @marceloamador92024 7 місяців тому +2

      Yes ur an American not because ur born in the USA, ur an American cause ur ancestors are from the americas. Therefore ur an American (continent) of Mexican descent( area of continent)

    • @MA-mx2rj
      @MA-mx2rj 2 місяці тому +1

      Because my mother was one of 12 siblings that was born in the USA…my Mexico born cousins didn’t like playing with me because I was the “Americana” cousin. 😂

  • @marisolflores3665
    @marisolflores3665 6 місяців тому +3

    You are so right when I went to Mexico City they talked about this in the tour class chart. I'm from New Mexico I did my I was mostly Spanish secondary Native and had Middle Eastern disent

  • @user-os1zk8xj6u
    @user-os1zk8xj6u 4 роки тому +427

    Mexican here. Took a DNA test and said I was 50% Spanish, 30% native Mexican, and 20% trace amounts of other backgrounds.

    • @castro_d1898
      @castro_d1898 4 роки тому +35

      So your pretty much Spanish. That's the dominant side of you.

    • @user-os1zk8xj6u
      @user-os1zk8xj6u 4 роки тому +56

      @@castro_d1898 well I have green eyes and light skin so no surprise here.

    • @Oliver-gd7uf
      @Oliver-gd7uf 4 роки тому +21

      Pangea Play not at all

    • @lydiayoukhanna
      @lydiayoukhanna 4 роки тому +87

      The 20% trace amounts is likely Middle Eastern blood, because before Spaniards left Europe to colonize the Americas, Arabs had conquered Spain for over 700 years, and so a lot of Spaniards have admixture from the Middle East. This explains why there are Spanish & Hispanic people with similar features to middle easterners (tan skin, full lips, dark hair/eyes). Southern Italians are also proven to have on average around 28% middle eastern admixture, which is why they get made fun of by central and northern Italians who are fully white.

    • @jadenking7216
      @jadenking7216 4 роки тому +16

      @@lydiayoukhanna absolutely you're speaking pure knowledge 💯 that is all correct.

  • @Becky_Cal
    @Becky_Cal 3 роки тому +564

    Anyone: Are you...?
    Mexicans: “Yes... everything.”

    • @wanderc4599
      @wanderc4599 3 роки тому +17

      Mexicans is what we are!

    • @HectorinPinguin
      @HectorinPinguin 3 роки тому +27

      So if to you and a lot of other people claim that Mexicans are of mixed race, what are the 27 million indigenous cultures of Mexico? i will tell you what and who they are, they are the true 100% Mexicans the original people of Mexico! The name/word Mexico and mexicano is derived from the Nahuatl word (mexica), the original tribe/tribes better known in the modern time as the Aztecs. So this false idea that all Mexicans are mestizos is a myth! The base of what is known today of the Mexican culture come from the original tribes/cultures of Mexico. 68 different languages spoken in Mexico plus much more dialects combined they equal around 200. Spanish supposedly is the official language of Mexico but the spanish spoken in Mexico is so mixed with words that are indigenous or are derived from a indigenous language and are not found in the spanish dictionary. Mexico is known as an indigenous country because of the so many indigenous cultures, its history, traditions and folclore. So Mexico and Mexicans is more indigenous than what you think they are!

    • @davidortega357
      @davidortega357 3 роки тому +3

      I look mexican but i speak english speak very little spanish my parents didnt speak english only spanish my mother was white mx and pops was dark skinned mx more native im light skinned mx am im 64% native and east asian mestizo

    • @tiarezavaleta8850
      @tiarezavaleta8850 3 роки тому +6

      @@HectorinPinguin and that is relevant because ...?

    • @adam007ize
      @adam007ize 3 роки тому

      Tiare Zavaleta and what is your relevance for anything???

  • @GuilIermoMartin
    @GuilIermoMartin 2 місяці тому

    Excelent work amigo

  • @fernandoalegria4240
    @fernandoalegria4240 6 місяців тому +5

    Proud to be Mexican American. The Mexican culture is wonderful and complete, and lucky to be born into this tribe. America is truly the hope of the world, if we don't screw it up. Am swarthy, so plenty of Indian in me, Yaqui. Love it everyday.

  • @Kaffeinated11
    @Kaffeinated11 6 років тому +835

    I love open honest conversations of race and racial history. Some people get totally weird talking about race and the histories of race because of how bad it often is but thats no reason to ignore it

    • @subscribes6434
      @subscribes6434 6 років тому

      Dylan Cleary same!!

    • @johnlavender7062
      @johnlavender7062 6 років тому +25

      Dylan Cleary Many people use it to further their political agenda.

    • @helloyall4355
      @helloyall4355 6 років тому +26

      Paul Lavender they sure Do, liberals are the worst! If a person doesn't agree with a Looney lib, they're considered a Racists, bigot, homophobic, islamaphobic, etc etc. Liberalism is a mental disorder!

    • @MADNEWYORKER914
      @MADNEWYORKER914 6 років тому +18

      Amalgamaite
      Why because your bitch ass can't handle the truth??? We don't need to be around you people to know our true history!!!
      I bet your dumb ass still believes that Columbus discovered a land that wasn't lost!!! A lie taught to you by whitey, you fucking sub-human.

    • @petethepirate730
      @petethepirate730 6 років тому +6

      and they just proved your point that you can't. lol

  • @137_Diego_
    @137_Diego_ 3 роки тому +324

    Rando person: "So you're like Mexican, right?"
    Me, born in the U.S, knowing what they mean but don't really feel like getting into it: "... sureeee."

    • @luisruiz-rn4wd
      @luisruiz-rn4wd 3 роки тому +10

      Jeff Albillar You are so idot stupid AMERICA IS A ALL CONTINENT no’t only USA.

    • @luisruiz-rn4wd
      @luisruiz-rn4wd 3 роки тому +5

      Jajajjajajja yes tks abla espanol y seras mas intelijente so try to learn more.

    • @137_Diego_
      @137_Diego_ 3 роки тому +24

      Well, in his defense, that is the only way someone from the US understands nationality.
      "American" just means from USA here.
      We can't say we're "United States of American" lol.
      "United Statesian" lol
      "USAican" lol
      It's just "American"

    • @BCNoker
      @BCNoker 3 роки тому +5

      @@jeffalbillar7625 You look worse by responding him with such a misspelled sentence, pretty much repeating what you called him out for

    • @diegopelaez2830
      @diegopelaez2830 3 роки тому +2

      @@jeffalbillar7625 The commonly accepted term in the USA and other countries. In Latin American countries America is South and North America plus hundreds of islands around and in between. The America´s is a USA way of trying to differentiate.

  • @DaimonAnimations
    @DaimonAnimations 7 місяців тому

    After WW2 The U.S. exhiled a lot of Japanese Americans to Mexico, some returned to Japan and others decided to stay.
    Back then right after WW2, Mexico had the largest Japanese population outside of Japan I believe.
    My home city of Veracruz, we have somewhat large population of Japanese-Mexican descendants but also French and German descent. I think there's also Indonesian-Mexican small population.

  • @FroZoneDeNiro
    @FroZoneDeNiro 7 місяців тому

    @4:23 Wish there was more pictures and information on the moors, 🟫 great doc though man!

  • @armenrastgouian2988
    @armenrastgouian2988 3 роки тому +1373

    Armenians LOVE Mexicans! We love your food, your people, your family values, your work ethics, and your faith in Jesus. Viva la Mexico 🇺🇸🇦🇲🇲🇽 ✊🏼

    • @celenefuentes1603
      @celenefuentes1603 3 роки тому +77

      Love is a strong word. I’ve met many Armenians and yes they like us but not love us. They don’t want Hispanics marrying Armenians.

    • @keinokfarang851
      @keinokfarang851 3 роки тому +33

      Work ethics. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @armenrastgouian2988
      @armenrastgouian2988 3 роки тому +112

      @@celenefuentes1603 Have you seen the movie Walk In The Clouds. When the Mexican dad didn’t want his daughter marrying a white guy. Come on.. that old school mentality exists in every culture.

    • @armenrastgouian2988
      @armenrastgouian2988 3 роки тому +121

      @@keinokfarang851 yes work ethics. Some of the best US Marines I served with were Mexicans.

    • @brimoney2517
      @brimoney2517 3 роки тому +12

      @@keinokfarang851 ? 😐

  • @RicardoReyes
    @RicardoReyes 5 років тому +580

    I like to have fun with stuff like this. When guys mention they're dating a Spanish girl I always ask them from which autonomous community in Spain the girl is from. Totally messes with them

    • @jmtrevijano9160
      @jmtrevijano9160 5 років тому +58

      @@user-qt9vx5qs8h Arabs denominated Spain as Al-Andalus, just as the Jews denominated Spain Sepharad or as the Romans denominated Spain Hispania. But people from today Autonomous region of Andalucía in Spain or España are not related to Arabs as that region was repopulated with Christians at the end of the Reconquista and muslims were expelled from Spain as were the Jews.

    • @dj-mu9ue
      @dj-mu9ue 5 років тому +42

      @@user-fv1lc2qm3e they do but after they expel the moors from spain they went really hard on making sure they got rid of them, so there is some moor blood but not as much as u would think for being there for 700 years

    • @ricsta7660
      @ricsta7660 5 років тому +1

      Ricardo is also my name, as well Ryszard, Ryehard, & Ричард. Working retail security for 20+years, I do recall attempting to interpret for many. Management just assumed they were all one & the same.

    • @diegolopez000
      @diegolopez000 4 роки тому +15

      d j mmmm put a Spanish and an Arab or Jew together you won’t see any difference, and on the other side there the Spanish who descent from Germanic tribes, blonde not an Arab beard etc

    • @neyougogo9923
      @neyougogo9923 4 роки тому +9

      @@diegolopez000 Shup up mexican

  • @jobiesotelo3385
    @jobiesotelo3385 7 місяців тому

    i work at a gun store here in Texas and the form we us for the background check uses that same template that the US census uses as well, i would say lazy but its also hard when even ethnically people from Mexico or other south american countries do not understand these concepts i just explain it as it would be too much paperweork to fill out if they had all people in the "white" category put what exact ethnicity they are because of course if you look at all the other ethnic backgrounds that fit into white you have Irish, Italian, Slavic and so on and we all know some of those categories can have vast differences in looks as well

  • @Mdsotelo12
    @Mdsotelo12 7 місяців тому +1

    Everyone’s so obsessed with specifics when our tios and papas called every other thing a chingadera

  • @garibay711cod
    @garibay711cod 4 роки тому +272

    My DNA test came back
    56% NATIVE AMERICAN
    34% Euro/Spanish
    The rest was mixed up
    Mexican BTW

    • @luzgonzo
      @luzgonzo 4 роки тому +7

      AX7 Duran what company did you use to take a dna test?

    • @israelesquivel8633
      @israelesquivel8633 4 роки тому +16

      Are you, prieto?

    • @johnayala9939
      @johnayala9939 3 роки тому +3

      yup thats what an american or mexican is but the European part changes to spain or british

    • @elbinx760
      @elbinx760 3 роки тому +5

      Israel Esquivel
      most def lmaoooo

    • @magtovi
      @magtovi 3 роки тому +11

      @@johnayala9939 The thing with Americans is that anglosaxon settlers didn't mix with the locals, they either exterminated them or resettled them. And every wave of immigrants kept more or less to themselves and their group.

  • @jacksonramsey2422
    @jacksonramsey2422 6 років тому +722

    Technically Canadians and Mexicans are also Americans because they live on the American continent

    • @camilomilfuegos7164
      @camilomilfuegos7164 6 років тому +28

      SOUTH AMERICA IS A THE THIRD WORLD AND NORTH AMERICA IS THE FIRST WORLD

    • @TakashiCastellon1993
      @TakashiCastellon1993 6 років тому +17

      Jackson Ramsey they do, its called North America

    • @TakashiCastellon1993
      @TakashiCastellon1993 6 років тому +32

      ninetoyoskull thank you, not a lot of people know that the real Americans speak Spanish and lot were pushed into Mexico and half were made US Citize

    • @theodoreroosevelt9042
      @theodoreroosevelt9042 6 років тому +5

      Jackson Ramsey thanks man!!!! I love you for this!!!

    • @rohitrai6187
      @rohitrai6187 6 років тому +3

      Smart ass

  • @dynamicdingus7003
    @dynamicdingus7003 7 місяців тому +1

    My mom has light skin, green eyes, wavy hair, my dad had brown skin, brown eyes, curly hair. I have light skin, brown eyes, and curlyish wavy hair. People sometimes think I'm middle eastern.

  • @alex_jermaine
    @alex_jermaine 7 місяців тому +2

    Both of my parents were born in Mexico but when I tested my DNA I found I was only 37% Indigenous American (Mexican) and
    48% Spanish
    6% Portuguese
    4% African
    2% Jewish
    2% Italian
    1% Balkan (Greek)

  • @josephstevens9888
    @josephstevens9888 3 роки тому +481

    Years ago I worked with a group of engineers from Mexico. Most of them would have probably described themselves as mestizo. One of them, however, was a blonde-hair, blue-eye guy with a German last name. At first I thought he was Argentinian - our company had operations in that country at that time, and many Germans has settled there - but to my surprise, this gentlemen informed me he was Mexican. He told me that he was a descendant of a group of German immigrants to Mexico in the late nineteenth century. It was then I started to ask more questions and seek answers to came to the conclusion that Mexico is a racially diverse nation.
    Panama - that is similar to Brazil in very racially diverse.
    Good video!

    • @victoria-ct4vf
      @victoria-ct4vf 2 роки тому +62

      How can I inform you that Mexico was the second Latin country after Brazil with the most German descent, I tell you as a German descent

    • @josephstevens9888
      @josephstevens9888 2 роки тому +7

      @@victoria-ct4vf I did not know that. Thank you for your input!

    • @theleader4620
      @theleader4620 2 роки тому +29

      i am brazilian and in my group of friends we have a polish, a german, a black, a jew, a native american and i am half japanese, so yea, we are pretty diverse

    • @gonzaloponti5769
      @gonzaloponti5769 2 роки тому +9

      We have germans in argentina, but most of us have spanish , italian and native blood.

    • @yeahaboutthatthough3656
      @yeahaboutthatthough3656 2 роки тому +23

      That's because Mexican is a nationality and not a race. Race is what you look like. Nationality is what country you and your family are a citizen of.

  • @jonathandjing1065
    @jonathandjing1065 3 роки тому +428

    The crazy mix in races is what makes us pretty lol

  • @fablb9006
    @fablb9006 2 місяці тому

    At 8.25, the comment says half-white/half native American while showing a young woman that looks totally European. It seems that many people in the US assume that if one person does not have a northern European kind of look (well, pale skin/blue eyed/light haired, etc.) means that this person is not European, or that this person must been mestiza…
    It is a deep misunderstanding of what is Europe. Europe is not only northern Europe. At least Half of Europeans, if not more, are not fitting this stereotype that many US Americans seems to have

  • @Albisriede
    @Albisriede 6 місяців тому

    One Halloween, many years ago, a Mexican friend, educated as aircraft engineer, called me over to join their party. He said there would be a guest from another country, that I hadn't met before. That 'unknown' friend turned out to be a Moroccan Muslim, head gear, long robe et al. Well groomed beard, mustache and dark glasses (Ibn Saud came to mind). He almost had me going and laughed as I stood there, a bit puzzled looking.
    Later, his claim that many Mexicans' backgrounds were a mix of different races, such as Spanish/Portuguese, Northern Africans and even New World Indios, got me thinking. I couldn't stop, but look at him over and over that evening.
    Ever since then I began to look at Mexicanos with different eyes, such as "what would this guy look like, if he wasn't wearing jeans and t-shirt, but a turban and flowing robes" ? And why not? After all, the (darker skinned) Moores had a significant presence on the Iberian Peninsula before America was discovered and - I assume - some of the Spanish crew would have been made up by men who looked just like my friend. Not possible? I wonder ?

  • @jesusmarin95
    @jesusmarin95 4 роки тому +143

    Man im pale white with blue eyes , but my grand father is straight indigenous, cheif looking type dude

    • @rz9021
      @rz9021 3 роки тому +4

      HETEROSEXUAL jajaja ke

    • @attackoftheshowmen6639
      @attackoftheshowmen6639 3 роки тому +16

      My grandmother is indigenous as they come and I dont look anything like her. I can't even tan man. I'm pale as the moon with have reddish blonde hair in my beard bro. Totally understand where you're coming from.

    • @Backroadslim301
      @Backroadslim301 3 роки тому +3

      Boy stop it he was a 5 dollar Indian natives are black copper colored not milk colored

    • @jesusmarin95
      @jesusmarin95 3 роки тому +1

      @@Backroadslim301 I'm exotic indigenous

    • @brunoactis1104
      @brunoactis1104 3 роки тому +8

      Italians and spaniards are labeled as "white", though maybe half of the population of those contries are more brown than many mestizos. Btw, i'm paraguayan from italian descent, i'm pretty white with black hair and black eyes, my brother is blonde with green eyes and my sister looks very brown but without any indigenous traits. Race in humanity it's a long dated form of agrupation.

  • @WrestleLuxury
    @WrestleLuxury 3 роки тому +253

    Mexico real name is actually los estados unidos mexicanos (united mexican states/united states of México)

    • @Nadia-xc1pu
      @Nadia-xc1pu 3 роки тому +36

      @please view me are you from Mexico? Lol

    • @warangelthelight2077
      @warangelthelight2077 3 роки тому +34

      @Truth Be told XD y tu vives a qui? Estados unidos de Mexico (United states of Mexico) menso

    • @richardazhocar4990
      @richardazhocar4990 3 роки тому +6

      It should've been "Estados Unidos Mexicanos en America ".

    • @richardazhocar4990
      @richardazhocar4990 3 роки тому +26

      @Truth Be told Mexica is the name of the principal tribe of the Aztec empire and is in the Shoshonean language family. The name Mexico had no meaning in the nahuatl language sub family and was inspired by the word Mexica, and incorporated into the region or colonies of Spain, and used by the white "Mexicans " when they rebelled against their " white mother country ". The country of Mexico was invented, and it's independence from Spain was declared by the white men who defeated the native Indians of Mexico and stole their lands. Mexico was not declared independent from Spain by Native Americans nor was Mexico established by Native Americans for Native Americans. American Indians had no rights when Mexico was established. It was established as a white country for white people, just like the United States of America.

    • @warangelthelight2077
      @warangelthelight2077 3 роки тому +2

      Adams better than your app appearly. Tu no sabes wuey.

  • @juanvsreviews
    @juanvsreviews 5 місяців тому

    I never know what to put whenever I get these kind of questions in a survey. Hispanic (people that speak Spanish) or Latino (people that come from a country that their language derives from latin) are not a race but a group of people.

  • @josue1996jc
    @josue1996jc 7 місяців тому

    i would say that this video is very accurate, but failed to mention one little detail. tthere are some couuntries were the racial groups are more or less divided in the sicoal contex, for example, countries like mexico, venezuela, colombia, ecuador (mainly the grand colombia ones) are the ones with the most persistent "mestizo" race and as such you can see that these coutris are more race-blind than for exapple, brazil (whre the doominance of the portuguesse royalty lasted loger because they had to flee when napoleon conquered them), argentina, that has a clear betwen navitive and erupean descendents, same as chile, and there are even cases of extreme racial dominance by afrodescendent coutries, like Haiti, cuba, and puerto rico.
    i hahve to say that liiving in brazil for 5 years now, i miss the acctual colorblindnes from venezuela/colombia/mexico, it is trully something that you have to live to feel, and i dont know if a foreigner could get to feel it on just a trip, you kinda have integrate to the socieety and be conseired a part of it to take off the label of "visitant" to "famiily".

  • @medusareigns
    @medusareigns 5 років тому +476

    Mexican: A nationality
    Latino: Living in Latin America
    Hispanic: Spanish speakers.
    Mexicans are Hispanic AND Latino because they speak Spanish and live in Latin America. Brazilians are Latino, but they are not Hispanic because they speak Portuguese. Easy.

    • @albertjuan5861
      @albertjuan5861 5 років тому +13

      @Rachel Randall
      Latino = "Mestizo"
      Hispanic = white man, Black man, Asian man wo born in Latin america and speak spanish in United states. descendant of Hispanic are maybe hispanic if they speak spanish :)
      and in the largestmajority they're Latino beceause the majority of people Latino and Hispanic in usa are Mexican and mexican people are "Mestizo"
      Mexican it's a nationality and a race

    • @lb5560
      @lb5560 5 років тому +5

      Lorenzo Spitaleri If thats so then are Filipinos and Equatoral Guineans Hispanic?

    • @TheFragnatic
      @TheFragnatic 5 років тому

      Actually there is a large portion of Brazilians that speak only Spanish.

    • @maisumthiago8615
      @maisumthiago8615 5 років тому +4

      A Rodriguez where ? 98% of Brazilians speak only Portuguese

    • @dinandinan3170
      @dinandinan3170 5 років тому +2

      Portuguese can't be seen as white bc Portuguese ppl has the highest african DNA percentage in Europe. Also Portuguese ppl are not Mediterranean but Atlantic ppl. Portugal has no border/contact with the MediterraneanSea.
      Brazilians are Latinos bc they speak Portuguese and that's a Latin language.
      They are not Hispanics, just like Surinam is not Hispanic, difrence between those 2 is that Surinam ppl aren't Latinos bc they don't speak Latin.

  • @ronaldescoto7673
    @ronaldescoto7673 4 роки тому +150

    The French also made their mark in Mexico as well

    • @radrook4481
      @radrook4481 4 роки тому +32

      That doesn't fit in with the USA mentality towards Mexico or Mexicans. They prefer to believe that the only Europeans that settled in Latin America were Spaniards and that all other Europeans settled in the USA and Canada. One American asked about Fidel Castro said that he was a Rock and Roll star. Another American asked where the Great Wall of China is said that it is in Australia.

    • @ronaldescoto7673
      @ronaldescoto7673 4 роки тому +1

      @@radrook4481 oh well !

    • @jacobs2099
      @jacobs2099 4 роки тому +19

      Yeah it's why Mexican bread rules

    • @RickaramaTrama-lc1ys
      @RickaramaTrama-lc1ys 4 роки тому

      Agreed~!!!

    • @landonorr91703
      @landonorr91703 4 роки тому +6

      @@radrook4481 not all of the US citizens are retards
      I for instance already knew this

  • @IdoNomb
    @IdoNomb 7 місяців тому +1

    Spot on video bro. I am around 50% native American and 50% spanish European from Mexico. On the US census I have to put I am a White Hispanic, while my skin in light brown lol my sister does gave kinda white skin. She has no brown in her.

  • @LoveLaughLive1
    @LoveLaughLive1 7 місяців тому

    IM GOING TO SUBSCRIBE

  • @cassandrahernandez6459
    @cassandrahernandez6459 6 років тому +118

    I had to scroll down to see the comments expecting to see a lot of horrible comments but to my surprise all were mostly awesome.. thanks for the educational video 😘

    • @equalizertime5350
      @equalizertime5350 6 років тому +1

      Cassandra Hernandez YES ARMOR COME AND LET ME KISS YOU MY FLOWER😙

    • @RedfishInc
      @RedfishInc 6 років тому

      Because Mexicans are awesome.

    • @binthrdonthat
      @binthrdonthat 6 років тому +1

      I'm surprised you say that since there were many bigoted comments against Caucasians. I guess that is okay to you

    • @hinchapadre
      @hinchapadre 6 років тому

      This channel is only visit by people who puts the science on top of believes that is why the comments are far more understanding that the majority of the social media comments

    • @hinchapadre
      @hinchapadre 6 років тому

      Well, most of his statements are based on facts and not in political views, but everybody see who wants to see, if you see this as political view you'll see it that way no matters how many facts he adds to his videos.
      To be honest I don't see any political view on this or philosophy the only thing I see is facts with data and locations well documented.
      If someone wants to add a political view to that is their own believes

  • @rosaliamiranda4808
    @rosaliamiranda4808 4 роки тому +181

    I never thought about what race I was till I started involving in the "American" culture, heck I didn't even think I had to identify with a race, I'm from the DR btw

    • @santikingz
      @santikingz 4 роки тому +10

      Im in love with your country and the people there... i sware you guys are some of the must loving fun people there is and i know must Dominicans say its dangerous but every time i go there i feel like everybody has alot of love to give... i use to go every year since 2014 untill my wife moved here... she from santo domingo( los alcarrizos) i feel you i think us just as hispanics we really never really think about race untill we hit high school age... and even than we only identify as Hispanic or latino... my family is from El Salvador... but i understand our history as hispanics... honestly i really belive our history is way more beatifly than the U.S. history... do you know why Hispanics are of mix race and culture compared to the U.S. where segregation was a big deal... its becouse of the catholic church in spain they said it was ok for a spanish man to take an African or Native woman as his wife... where here in the U.S that was not cool... segregation hit hard here in the U.S thats why you have pure white people here... unlike in latin america you can look white but your must likely going to be of mix race...

    • @edwinlucianofrias1643
      @edwinlucianofrias1643 4 роки тому +1

      Santi Kingz Ha! I live in Los Alcarrizos! What part of Los Alcarrizos. I live near El Puente Blanco and work in Pueblo Nuevo!

    • @jorgecampos9659
      @jorgecampos9659 4 роки тому +17

      Yes, I agree. When I came to this country as a little kid I was puzzled by the classification of races. The system brainwashed their citizens from a very early age.a

    • @santikingz
      @santikingz 4 роки тому +1

      @@edwinlucianofrias1643 small world lol... ayi mismo en pueblo nuevo en la calle 21...

    • @newjohn16
      @newjohn16 4 роки тому +1

      @@santikingz yes bro very well said, i love this...peace & love to you

  • @aleisterlavey1001
    @aleisterlavey1001 7 місяців тому +1

    One think I don’t care for is being referred to as “brown” . I’m a mixture between Native American “ Inca and taino “ and Spaniard with a dash of French and Italian. So technically I’m a red Spaniard or mestizo.

  • @Duquedecastro
    @Duquedecastro 24 дні тому +1

    You didn’t mention that a Castizo and Spaniard would have a Spaniard. This sort of flies in the face of your thoughts on Spaniards keeping themselves on top

  • @mencken8
    @mencken8 3 роки тому +302

    They aren’t a “race.” They are largely a mix of ethnic groups, hence the Spanish word “mestizos.” All this goes to show is the futility and foolishness of attempting to define a “race.” Identity politics is a dead end.

    • @brightlights1528
      @brightlights1528 3 роки тому +12

      Exactly! I'm not "half indigenous, half european"

    • @Wilhelmofdeseret
      @Wilhelmofdeseret 3 роки тому +39

      Dude I can’t count how many American born Hispanics/Latinos I’ve had to explain this too. They don’t even understand their own genetics. Love it when they go about “I hate white people” bitch you’re literally at least half white lmao

    • @brightlights1528
      @brightlights1528 3 роки тому +6

      @@Wilhelmofdeseret no

    • @Wilhelmofdeseret
      @Wilhelmofdeseret 3 роки тому +13

      @@brightlights1528 yes

    • @brightlights1528
      @brightlights1528 3 роки тому +9

      @@Wilhelmofdeseret We don't have the conception of "races" that you have, we are not "haLF wHitE"

  • @juanmanuelhernandez4936
    @juanmanuelhernandez4936 3 роки тому +91

    When you really think about mestizo is still of Native American descent which would mean in the censes many Hispanics would be right in checking the Native American block.

  • @PaolaVillasuso
    @PaolaVillasuso 3 місяці тому

    I am confused about the notion of race in the video. Isn't the concept of race a colonizing mentality? How would you define race and how many races are there then?

  • @alfonsocantu9992
    @alfonsocantu9992 7 місяців тому +2

    There is Polish,Irish, French,German,Japanese,Chinese..I hope you get the message and they consider themselves Mexican..God bless them all...yours very truly Alfonso Cantu USMC

  • @adrianavelazquez3347
    @adrianavelazquez3347 4 роки тому +66

    Mexican mestizo here ( native and European) I've always known that as a mestizo I'm part native and part European but I definitely I don't identify as either.

    • @truabk5171
      @truabk5171 3 роки тому +1

      Youre also part Arab if you have spaniard blood

    • @manuelnavarro5267
      @manuelnavarro5267 3 роки тому +1

      Adrián Velázquez
      Más pareces castizo que mestizo.

    • @davidortega357
      @davidortega357 3 роки тому

      Im Mexican American mestizo born in Calif my dad is from Jalisco mx im 60% native 4% east asian and 28 euro white 7% others i do look mexican i.pass for indian

  • @Sayushana
    @Sayushana 5 років тому +315

    Guillermo del Toro is not Mexican-American, he was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco

    • @sergioamathon6599
      @sergioamathon6599 5 років тому +60

      That is absolutely right, Guillermo Del Toro is Mexicano.

    • @eddieperez9565
      @eddieperez9565 5 років тому +10

      But he looks Spanish and his brother looks mestizo

    • @Sayushana
      @Sayushana 5 років тому +62

      There is a lot of white people in the nort of Mexico so its normal.

    • @sergioamathon6599
      @sergioamathon6599 5 років тому +33

      @@Sayushana Yes it is normal, I am from a Italian family that move to Chihuahua and you can really see the diversity and it is awesome.

    • @sergioamathon6599
      @sergioamathon6599 5 років тому +18

      @@eddieperez9565 believe it or not that is a normal thing on Mexican family's, one of my best friends from high school was so white that he could pass for American but his sister was pretty dark skin, if you speak Spanish I do recommended a movie called "Angelitos Negros".

  • @craftymulligar
    @craftymulligar 7 місяців тому

    I called someone a Mexican. When said to someone they called me a racist. If It's not a race how could I be called a racist?

  • @Eric-xs7ks
    @Eric-xs7ks 7 місяців тому

    I’ve got American Indian, Mexican, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Austrian, Czech. So what the hell do they label me? How bout American

  • @AlexVanChezlaw
    @AlexVanChezlaw 5 років тому +629

    World: "ok México what race is your people"
    México: "Sí"

    • @FM-eg7bs
      @FM-eg7bs 5 років тому +43

      PrivateCheeselaw
      hahaha, we do not fear, we are a mixture of everything, nor do we know what we are, so we call ourselves mestizos or mix 😂

    • @AlexVanChezlaw
      @AlexVanChezlaw 5 років тому +3

      Im aperlado and thats all i know

    • @salserrano3640
      @salserrano3640 5 років тому +7

      we are Méxicans all Mix w/Spanish Blood idiots!!
      my Méxican ID Says Nationalty (not race) it say's Méxicano
      Soo If you don't Live In México STOP trying to Label me in a Brown Skin race Cuz There's a diversity!!
      Stupid!

    • @valuecalc
      @valuecalc 5 років тому +3

      Salvador Serrano , but the Mexican-Indian group is quite disadvantaged.

    • @RodrigoSahagun
      @RodrigoSahagun 5 років тому +8

      @@salserrano3640 The reality is that the 80% of mexicans are brown skin race.

  • @karolgarcia197
    @karolgarcia197 3 роки тому +107

    I'm Mexican, my great-grandfather from my mom's side came from Japan and in the town where my dad was born supposedly some Spanish people settled there so that's why some people there have European features. So yeah, in Latin America we are mix of everything

    • @idontlikepeople9389
      @idontlikepeople9389 3 роки тому +2

      @SABRINA C. D. why you bother what Americans think?

    • @brendaandrade6753
      @brendaandrade6753 3 роки тому +1

      Yes

    • @jcbulldog533
      @jcbulldog533 3 роки тому +7

      @SABRINA C. D. Yes,they stereotype all the time.. Very close minded & don't realize all nationalities have mixed with other's at one point or another.. It's definitely very annoying

    • @susanjackson6748
      @susanjackson6748 3 роки тому +5

      @SABRINA C. D. so true! I am Canadian. Born to a black mother and a white father. My skin is light as a young person (when most people here were white, and someone like me was rare) people would ask if I was Italian or Hawaiian. As an adult when I was near the border people would speak to me in Spanish thinking I was latino. Now that I've done my DNA I know that my blood is super mixed...40% from France and more "white" blood from England, Whales, Germany etc. Also part native from the Americas, Spain, a few parts of Africa, but really more "white" dna than anything else but like in the US I still consider myself black. When I meet dark skinned people from parts of Africa they are always surprised that I call myself black, in their homeland they say women with my complexion call themselves white. Meanwhile I'm always working on my tan to be darker! Lol

    • @cesarosvaldocortesaldaco8809
      @cesarosvaldocortesaldaco8809 2 роки тому +1

      @@idontlikepeople9389 porque son unos ignorantes y racistas (algunos de ellos)

  • @Marvin88k
    @Marvin88k 7 місяців тому +3

    My mom is Mestizo and My Dad is Slavic so am I Castizo?

    • @Itzpapalotl.
      @Itzpapalotl. 2 дні тому

      Probably not usually that only applies to the people that were around during the conquest not so much and recent intermarriages.

  • @urmoneylol
    @urmoneylol 5 місяців тому +1

    Race is an arbitrary concept, that isn’t really a thing in many corners of the world, especially Latin America. But if you want to talk about Mexican Mestizos “racially”, they’re generally around half/half Native American, and half/half European, with small amounts of Sub-Saharan African. However, this isn’t always the case. Many Mexicans aren’t Mestizo; there are large amounts who are purely Indigenous, and large amounts of those who are purely European. There are even some Sub-Saharan African Mexicans (Blaxicans), as well as immigrant communities of Middle-Easterners and East Asians.

  • @philschiavone101
    @philschiavone101 2 роки тому +165

    My wife is from Mexico. Her family is from Spain and Egypt. At least this is the story that she knows. She told me that the minute that she settled with me in the US, she instantly became Latina. Or just another Mexican. We are moving back to Mexico and although culture is shared, my wife does get treated with higher status due to her lighter skin. Our children have come in all skin tones. In the US, I am not seen as really being white in certain circles. But in Mexico, I am just another gringo.

    • @Super_Rockie_Rukawa_Kun
      @Super_Rockie_Rukawa_Kun Рік тому +25

      This is something that the Spanish created with the castas and it has prevailed up to this day.

    • @christopherperez423
      @christopherperez423 Рік тому +6

      I agree with her. In Mexico we don’t go out and say “we are Latinos”. We just say Mexican. Here, the term Latino is different

    • @espinosagomezmarcoalejandr1054
      @espinosagomezmarcoalejandr1054 Рік тому +11

      Usamos el término gringo para referirnos principalmente a los estadounidenses, sin importar tu color de piel o tus antepasados creciste toda tu vida en Estados Unidos y eso te hace estadounidense y gringo para los mexicanos

    • @sunlight6659
      @sunlight6659 Рік тому

      If you were Black American, in Mexico you will still be called gringo, got it?

    • @tlamatini4617
      @tlamatini4617 Рік тому +4

      Don’t you have no shame laying down with the enemy? Second hand embarrassment.

  • @wildomarsanders7506
    @wildomarsanders7506 5 років тому +167

    I know the struggle! I'm American born but my parents were both born in Mexico and are mixed.
    I'm 30% European, 30% East Asian, 35% Native American, 0.2% African, and some middle Eastern... So don't ask me what am I.

    • @billofjazz
      @billofjazz 5 років тому +14

      We are all "Out of Africa," and your nationality is American. I might also submit that you are a very beautiful person.

    • @ChrisfromGeorgia
      @ChrisfromGeorgia 5 років тому +4

      If that is you in the picture, I would have to say you are 100% Fine! I'm just a Big Dummy so who am I to say...😏

    • @seanm7539
      @seanm7539 5 років тому

      So I’m not gonna ask you what you are but that would make you mixed race as well

    • @seanm7539
      @seanm7539 5 років тому +1

      And you are very pretty by the way

    • @someguy286
      @someguy286 5 років тому +11

      This is priceless ;D you're all too thirsty jesus.

  • @pknessbtaylor
    @pknessbtaylor 7 місяців тому

    I think people are so quick to tie race into it that they forget that people all around the world just call you based on where you are from

  • @tomtravis3077
    @tomtravis3077 7 місяців тому +1

    How come Mexicans are only proud to be Mexican when they live in the United States?🤔🤔

  • @Masaman
    @Masaman  6 років тому +222

    Let me know your thoughts on the people of Latin America and which Latino country you think is the most interesting! Keep in mind, many of the statements made in this video are generalizations and do not apply to ALL people from Latin America.
    EDIT: No I'm not a Latino for those asking. I do have a very uncommon mix though of Euro/Middle Eastern/Black. I go into more detail in my video titled "America's Forgotten Mixed Race Ethnic Groups"

    • @dingeling3828
      @dingeling3828 6 років тому +5

      NEW MIC!

    • @heythatsprettygood3653
      @heythatsprettygood3653 6 років тому +16

      Masaman can u do on a video in the differences between askinazi and Sephardic Jews

    • @simbamartens7192
      @simbamartens7192 6 років тому +17

      Masaman Do a video on ancient vs modern EGYPTIANS!!!

    • @GOMaicol
      @GOMaicol 6 років тому +30

      Question for you, what do you think of the idea that Latinos refer to themselves as Americans since they are part of the American continent? They see it as Europe, Europeans are part of Europe. So we are all Americans from Canada to Argentina since we are part of the American continent.

    • @SunnyIlha
      @SunnyIlha 6 років тому +11

      Masam
      I'm a subscriber and enjoy all of your shows.
      Here is something very important:
      There is no such thing as "race". This is an antiquated term. This term is outdated, and was often used by racists, specifically by Europeans, after making contact with the rest of the world's people in later history. It was used to separate people by phenotype, and is characterized by Europeans practicing superiority complex.
      It has no genetic, linguistic or cultural meaning.
      The peoples of the world are not, and never were, divided into "separate races".

  • @tefycorona1958
    @tefycorona1958 3 роки тому +262

    Proud AfroMexican🇲🇽💙

    • @maugli3847
      @maugli3847 3 роки тому +15

      Afroamericanas

    • @ericwilliams4813
      @ericwilliams4813 3 роки тому +8

      Proud African gives you the thumb s up.😁🤗😁

    • @tio_prieto1693
      @tio_prieto1693 3 роки тому +12

      Dude that so cool I'm a Mexican American

    • @maugli3847
      @maugli3847 3 роки тому +7

      @@tio_prieto1693 native 👍Mexican 👍👍

    • @maugli3847
      @maugli3847 3 роки тому +2

      @@tio_prieto1693 sorry not Mexican Americos

  • @eugenegutierrez5106
    @eugenegutierrez5106 7 місяців тому

    I was told their background is mix in the cans. Mexican means mix in the can. Lol😅

  • @isidromei5879
    @isidromei5879 Місяць тому

    I am Spanish, my maternal family, who are from the south of Spain, all have light hair and blue eyes, to the point that they always believe that my mother is the mother of my wife, who is Russian. On the other hand, my paternal family is from a town that you can walk to France, they have dark hair and brown eyes. This thing about 'races' has a very high component of prejudices. How many times has the actor Jean Reno played the typical Frenchman in American movies when his parents are from the south of Spain? Rita Hayworth, Martin Sheen, or Noomi Rapace have a Spanish father.

  • @eddibetty10
    @eddibetty10 4 роки тому +59

    My grandmother is Mexican and Italian her father migrated from Italy to nueva italia Michoacan. Last name Manzo which means bull or beef in Italian.

    • @nataliemanzo34
      @nataliemanzo34 4 роки тому +4

      Really ? My last name is manzo. But I’m way more native indigenous than anything else.

    • @samanthamanzo8210
      @samanthamanzo8210 4 роки тому +1

      My last name is Manzo and my great grand father was Italian and my great grandma was African and my grand parents are from Michoacán too

    • @nataliemanzo34
      @nataliemanzo34 4 роки тому +3

      Samantha M damm. Last name is I very diverse

    • @why.9554
      @why.9554 3 роки тому +2

      Same my great grandfather was from South Italy and Migrated to Nueva Italia Michoacan.

  • @lucidstrife7939
    @lucidstrife7939 3 роки тому +82

    I'm Mexican american. I got a DNA test and it shows that my roots are from spain and Portugal

    • @user-ew2xb1tj6y
      @user-ew2xb1tj6y 3 роки тому +18

      To the eyes of the European Americans you're just another Mexican

    • @BluEseXHd
      @BluEseXHd 3 роки тому +3

      Dam ur whire

    • @limao6880
      @limao6880 3 роки тому +14

      @@user-ew2xb1tj6y by the WASPs you mean? White Anglo-Saxons Protestants Americans, these ones doubt that even Italians are white hahaha I'm full Italian from both sides and I don't feel "white" in America, I feel more Latino by their eyes and even myself, I'm tan and dark eyes, if I need any help I would go first to a "Latin American/European look person" than to a WASP.

    • @informedtraveler3014
      @informedtraveler3014 3 роки тому +14

      @@user-ew2xb1tj6y lowkey true. I'm white as shit but as soon as I tell people I'm half Mexican I'm looked at as nonwhite. And I literally just look like an average white guy. Racial classification in the US is so stupid.

    • @New3nergy7189
      @New3nergy7189 3 роки тому +11

      @@limao6880 that’s true...I used to work with a guy from sicily and he was more tan skinned than the Mexicans, he also got along with all the Mexican people, but I knew another Italian guy and he was the most racist person I ever met, I used to think to myself “don’t you know that the blue eyed blonde haired white people don’t even consider you pure white?”

  • @michaelromeo9393
    @michaelromeo9393 6 місяців тому

    So basically, you’re telling me I still have to classify myself in the way that Spaniards classified us, instead of us making our own description?🇲🇽🙄 wtf

  • @leonardsolis9876
    @leonardsolis9876 27 днів тому +1

    In. In Mexico there are light skinned people in the North and darker people and natives in the south, but Mexicans feel like there's only one people, were not black ones, white ones or brown ones, we are one people and call ourselves mexucans..

    • @raymorris8447
      @raymorris8447 2 дні тому

      Mexicans dont feel like they are one people. The white mexcians that run shlt hate the short asian looking mexcians.