Jfc Gringos Just Should Shut Up - Tumblr Posts

same anon here… gringos don’t understand how much pepa means for us pale latinos. so many gringos question my latina identity and it gets on my nerves, and made me question my identity for so long because they don’t understand genes. i had a driving instructor look at my last name, and legit asked me “girl why is your name hispanic you’re pale as hell” i was ready to fight her. i’m so done, i shouldn’t have to remind people i’m latina cause i’m pale. yeah soak it in i’m pale as hell, what they don’t know is that i was much darker when i was little (still light but darker than now) cause i have an iron deficiency that made me more pale.

pepa means so much to us, and we’re not saying afro latinos don’t deserve rep. they do too, they deserve rep and they got that in encanto. so did we, please don’t call us white washed. we’re not, we’re just as latino as any other latino.

Exactly! I'm mestiza so that means I am more pale than others in my family, that doesn't mean im less Latina or adopted or whatever no sense they are saying

Is really sad that people make you and many others not feel as latinos just because we all don't look how they think we should look

Representation is important for everyone not just for some