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this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2025
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I'm a white hotel towel Mexican
Always thought it was strange to mark "White, Hispanic" on everything because that was an option always growing up. Like you all really do need to know my skin color don't you.
If you didn't know my last name you'd never guess I wasn't "American"
Some people even secretly say that Spanish was invented by white people
You mean like Texas Senator Rafael “Ted” Cruz?
If I recall correctly, it's actually a throw back to the American Mexican war, when the war ended one of the terms of the treaty was that Hispanics would legally be white, and thus safe from things like slavery. So later when the government census wanted to know they invented "white, Hispanic".
I remember my grandfather telling me a story about how he didn't know which bathroom to use when he came to the US and someone told him to use the white.
Interesting
Fascinating and plausible.
I get told all the time I'm not Hispanic because I'm white.
Its not my fault a white Brit knocked up my Costa Rican grandma. And my grandma certainly cultured me while she was alive.
So I just say I'm a white Hispanic to clear the confusion.
I'm half Mexican half Finnish. Strange mix. Pure white.
I understand the hardship
Random people do not think my father is my father.
I've been stopped multiple times by police walking with him to make sure I was okay when I was a kid. All good, just walking around the neighborhood with my dad lol.
Edit: It's also funny growing up people asking me who our gardener was. Also my dad.
Who is even asking you that?