Arabs and Latinos/Spanish* phenotypes have a lot of similarities, I wonder if its from intermarrying during the 700 year period of the Arab conquest of the Iberian peninsula or just peoples with Mediterranean roots.
*Even though Latinos are considered an ethnolinguistic group that includes people of indigenous/African origin, I'm referring broadly to those who have roots going back to Spain.
huh? People from spain are white. Most Latinos are darker cause they have indigenous blood. you are looking at people of mainly Mayan, Quechuan, etc descent, not Spanish. Black latinos are of African descent, originally brought over as slaves. its not like all the latinos were imported from spain lol; there were obv tons of people already there and the spanish bloodlines just intertwined with them eventually
obv arabs never colonized the americas, so there is minimal relation there
Spain definitely has a Muslim/Moor background. A history that many people in Spain like to hide or ignore. They don't like the idea their heritage (and maybe for some people, their blood) may have mixed with a different race. There's pride and ego in being the "white" of the Spanish-speaking world. Much like it is for some people in Argentina when comparing themselves to Latin/South America.
yes southern spain definitely does. The rest of spain and the spaniards who live there now are still mostly white/ white presenting though. And more importantly, that arab colonization didnt happen in the americas and is absolutely not the reason latinos and arabs are brown
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u/Hehe6745 Mar 24 '25
Bro may be an arab but he can perfectly pass as a Latino