I’m White And Latina, Is That A Problem For You?Posted in Articles, Autobiography, Latino Studies, Media Archive, United States on 2018-01-28 03:13Z by Steven |
I’m White And Latina, Is That A Problem For You?
Latina
2018-01-18
Tess Garcia
Tess Garcia
My mom is white. My dad is white. I am white, and I am Latina…I think.
Argentina is largely populated by the descendants of white colonists, who came surging in during the late 19th century. According to a 2009 study, the country’s population is approximately 78.5 percent European. That explains how my dad, who was born in the Argentine city of Tunuyán, melds perfectly into the largely Caucasian community he’s spent most of his life in, the one where he raised my siblings and I.
Add a red-haired American mother to the equation, and you’ve got some very, very white kids…
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