{"id":55964,"date":"2018-03-19T02:38:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T02:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=55964"},"modified":"2018-03-19T02:38:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T02:38:57","slug":"op-ed-think-pieces-about-being-a-white-latino-continue-to-miss-an-essential-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=55964","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Think Pieces About Being a White Latino Continue to Miss an Essential Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Op-Ed: Think Pieces About Being a White Latino Continue to Miss an Essential Point<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Remezcla<\/a>
\n2018-03-16<\/p>\n

Carmen Phillips<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Really? Oh wow.<\/em> You don\u2019t look Latina.\u201d<\/p>\n

My entire life, I\u2019ve heard a variation of those seven words after telling someone I am Puerto Rican<\/a>. As a matter of fact, it\u2019s a common occurrence for entire subsets of the Latinx community. Both white Latinxs and Afro-Latinxs<\/a> have had others categorize and subsequently disregard us based on our physical appearance. But if you were to only look at the content mainstream outlets have churned out in the last few years, you\u2019d think being a white Latinx presents a one-sided identity crisis.<\/p>\n

The sensation of being left out, of being told they\u2019re not \u201cLatinx enough\u201d has led many white Latinx writers to pen op-eds and think pieces about their experiences. But, those essays always miss an essential point; while our community ostracizes both white and Black Latinxs at times, only Black Latinxs face systematic racial oppression on top of that.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Black. I have an Anglo last name. My Latina identity has consistently elicited surprised reactions, something I\u2019ve grown accustomed to. As long as after our first conversation, the person I\u2019m speaking with drops their feigned surprise that our community come in all hues, we\u2019re good. My problem starts when questioning continues \u2013 as if I am somehow lying about my own heritage…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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