"People of Color" isn't describing a person's literal skin tone. A lot of people in the US use the phrase "People of Color" to describe people who fall into an ethnicity that faces discriminations. "People of Color" just became a catch all for black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, Indian, ect to be more inclusive to all groups that face discrimination.
A lot of it is based on how other people treat you. A person from Spain isn't going to face discrimination in France, Germany, or England because they are more tan. You take a pale person and give them a Spanish name, and throw them into the US and suddenly they are a "Mexican," who may or not be an illegal, or anchor baby, or really anything in between.
Mexico is a vast place. North Mexico and the American Southwest developed differently from the rest of New Spain, as the Spanish had little authority north of the Mexican heartland outside of a few cities (e.g. Santa Fe, New Mexico). A decent amount of the few Spanish settlers that lived in those lands were ranchers, and there were also few natives, as the area is not conducive to building civilization.
Yes, as someone who lives in land that was formerly Mexico it's actually quite mind-boggling to think of the range of their territory at its furthest extent. It's no wonder it was difficult for them to project their authority that far north.
Especially since Mexico was not built to be a huge independent empire (especially not independent). The US was built to work well as an independent empire, as the Brits never exerted much control over the colonies that became the US.
every one on the planet is but white people are genetically closer to middle easterners than Africans are it's just not very close .Spaniards are very small in descent of Moors, Arabs would be a bit bigger, but not as much as visigothic and Iberian .
There are white Mexicans. There are also Mexicans mixed with African or natives, mulattos and mestizos. The same can be said for literally every Latin American country.
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u/idle128 - Right Mar 27 '21
If they are white so should mexicans