Originally Posted By: AmericanCrime
Originally Posted By: NickyEyes1
Italians and Spaniards are both white.

True.

Originally Posted By: NickyEyes1
As is any other county in Europe. Mexicans of course aren't white.

Not wholly true. Ont he whole they are of mestizo heritage. There are also alot of indians, and there is a sizable portion of white Mexicans. Guillermo del Toro for example.

With Latin America, ethnicity and race are not homogenous. As in America these nations are colonial ones. They are comprised of many levels of admixture. And some have maintained their European purity as criollos. The caste system and the white elite have made this so. Just look at your average telenova cast. For the most part they're white.




Mexico is a mixture of people somewhat like the US, but a much larger portion is non-white Mestizo. Then you have those of Spanish, German, French, Middle-Eastern etc background. The main reason Mexicans aren't considered white is because the ruling class whites normally stay there, while the immigrants who come to America are the mestizos.