Latino/Latina Vignette #1

A European American woman and a Mexican American woman go on a day trip together to the beach.  It is a beautiful sunny day.  As the two strip down to their bathing suits, the European American asks the other woman “Do you tan?”.  The Mexican American woman looks exasperated and responds, “Of course I tan, what are you talking about?”

Commentary to Latino/Latina Vignette #1

If we live, work and socialize in a predominantly white world, it is likely that we will have distorted ideas about people from other racial and ethnic groups. People of color don’t have same luxury to be ignorant about white people since they are forced to frequently interact with us and information about white folks is omnipresent.

If we assume the white woman’s question was sincere, how else might we go about finding the answer?

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