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Originally posted by estrogirl
Thanks for the welcome yall!
You guys bring up an interesting point about what folks believe a Latina looks like. I often hear that the Latino culture is exactly that--a culture, and not a racial group, so you can be as blond haired and blue eyed as you want to be or as black as black gets. But all tv and the movies show you is the olive skinned Latinas. I mean even Christina Aguilera and J-Lo are doing the fake tan thing hard.
I'd absolutely love to see more of a balance out there, as far as some sisters paired up with different kinds of leading men. But I'm so thirsty for some black on black love these days.
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If you've seen telenovelas, you see even lighter Latinas. I was raised about 15 miles from the U.S./Mexico border and used to actually watch Mexican TV before I learned Spanish (I lost my Spanish-speaking ability, sadly). And I was surprised to see all these really fair women, fairer than Jennybenny or Salma Hayek, even, on TV. But it showed me that colorism isn't just confined to the U.S.