Whites in South America[6376x2512]

These numbers are almost useless since most of us have been mixing for so long that there really isn't a border between the races and most of us can't really pinpoint our exact ancestry. Based purely on appearance, it's hard to really pinpoint race since most people are on a spectrum. The white-amerindian spectrum is almost impossible to discern except for very broad strokes, and this is also the one most Hispanics fall into. Mixtures with blacks and Asian are a bit easier to see of course (though asian/native mixes give trouble too). Also, phenotypes don't always match with genetics. Even brothers and sisters can look slightly racially different (my aunts and uncles can attest). I have a friend that looks like a white person (except her hair) but identifies as black. This doesn't make sense, until you look at her parents, which clearly have West African features, it's just that they're both really light skin. On the flip side, some people might be really dark, but if they do a gene test they might find out they're ~40% black (Daiane Garcia dos Santos).

Latin Americans see race a bit differently than North Americans (at least from my experiences, Colombia does), but they both do see race. It's just that in Latin America, it isn't as clear cut. For example, my dad looks kind of like Evo Morales, so my mom teases him and calls him Bolivian (we aren't). My dad and his friend also jokingly call themselves Chibchombianos (Chibchas are the major indigenous groups of Colombia). When my mom was a kid, she was teased for being really pale. My mom addemently claims she is of pure Spanish descent, and thus people tease her by saying she's part black (despite her being pale, her dad shows signs of black ancestry and he has very black cousins). However, neither of them really identify strongly with a race, and they definitely don't see each other as a mixed-race couple as many Americans might consider them to be. The whole Bolivia/Chibcha/Spain/black thing is just teasing, but they really don't have any cultural differences since they were both raised in Medellín, Colombia and most people in Medellín are mixed all over the spectrum. There is no Mestizo town or white side of the city, and there is no distinction between mestizo or white culture. In fact, those terms are never used. Instead, most people in Colombia identify themselves by their country first, then their region and/or city. Afro-Colombians, the Raizal of the islands, and the indigenous peoples (as in the ones who still actively practice their cultures, regardless of genetics) are the only true ethnic minorities in the country, and even then basically all those groups are highly mixed.

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