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A lot of latinas look white. Have you ever watched a spanish soap opera? They all have blond hair and blue eyes.
I actually did some research about this and found out that in latina countries like Mexico, it's more "Desirable" to look white. The whitest/palest people are usually the most richest and successful, they are more likely to be descendants of the spanish invadors.
While the natives are more dark and sometimes even discriminated against because of their color. A lot of hispanic people like to look as "spanish" as possible and even dye their skin with bleach/wear contacts.
There's even big controversy why there are no dark/native looking people on tv, the actors/actresses are all very white looking, because that is what they consider attractive and a sign of wealth/high class.
In brazil the whiter people are more upper class and descendants from Spain. Darker skinned people tend to be poor and live in the ghettos and you will never see them on tv.
I also read there's a lot of racism in latin america against darker latinas, a lot of people want to look as white as possible, since that tends to give them more opportunites/jobs.
There was a big controversy when some darker guy from Indian descent won a singing contest similar to American Idol on Mexican tv, it was the first time someone dark and not white looking won a contest like that.
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