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**werkeeque** · 02-12-2012, 08:07 AM

Who or what is a guero or guera?

This isn't actually agreed upon by all. Some Mexicans say it is just white/white-ish Mexicans while other Mexicans say it is blondes.

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I think they do it to counter the mainstream thinking of blonde people being beautiful.

I think so, too. Many Mexicans don't like white Mexicans representing the country or beauty in the country.

"Esta si es belleza Mexicana, pues tiene todo lo de una Mexicana: pelo negro, ojos negros, cabellera larga, y muy bonita, pues ya ven hay muchas otras bellezas Mexicanas pero todas ellas tienen que tener u ojos azules/verdes o tienen que ser güeras y blancas, porque si se fijan casi todas las actrices Mexicanas tienen rasgos de Europea y piensan que solo asi tiene que ser la belleza Mexicana, Bibi Gaytan es una total belleza mexicana que no nececita ni ser güera ni tener ojos de color."

I don't like seeing comments like that, to be honest. I feel like they go from one extreme to another.

02-12-2012, 08:07 AM	#15
werkeeque Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 577 Senior Member	Who or what is a guero or guera? This isn't actually agreed upon by all. Some Mexicans say it is just white/white-ish Mexicans while other Mexicans say it is blondes. ---------- Post added 2012-02-11 at 19:11 ---------- I think they do it to counter the mainstream thinking of blonde people being beautiful. I think so, too. Many Mexicans don't like white Mexicans representing the country or beauty in the country. "Esta si es belleza Mexicana, pues tiene todo lo de una Mexicana: pelo negro, ojos negros, cabellera larga, y muy bonita, pues ya ven hay muchas otras bellezas Mexicanas pero todas ellas tienen que tener u ojos azules/verdes o tienen que ser güeras y blancas, porque si se fijan casi todas las actrices Mexicanas tienen rasgos de Europea y piensan que solo asi tiene que ser la belleza Mexicana, Bibi Gaytan es una total belleza mexicana que no nececita ni ser güera ni tener ojos de color." I don't like seeing comments like that, to be honest. I feel like they go from one extreme to another.
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