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**Shemker394** · 09-14-2011, 11:16 AM

Mind you, if I saw you with a tan I might make a similar comment, but actually when white people notice a tan, it's a compliment. When I have some time, I'm going to post a thread on the significance of the tan in many "white" cultures. But when a white person is told they are "tanned black", it's a compliment. It's a status symbol kind of, that dates back to the times when the working-class moved inside, so having a tan was a sign that they were rich enough to be able to lounge in the sun rather than toil in a factory (that's the short of it).

I have no problem being called black, it's just the way he said it. Imagine if I go up to a white person and say DAMN You're White as FU*K! Without even knowing them and making a disgusted face at the same time.

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The mexicans is my neighborhood get called as "mejicanitos" meaning short mexican in spanish by other hispanics like dominicans and PR's

I also dislike when non-Black and ignorant Afro mixed Colombians constantly refer to Black Colombians as NEGRITOS. They even call 6'3+ Black people, NEGRITOS.

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Shemker394 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	Mind you, if I saw you with a tan I might make a similar comment, but actually when white people notice a tan, it's a compliment. When I have some time, I'm going to post a thread on the significance of the tan in many "white" cultures. But when a white person is told they are "tanned black", it's a compliment. It's a status symbol kind of, that dates back to the times when the working-class moved inside, so having a tan was a sign that they were rich enough to be able to lounge in the sun rather than toil in a factory (that's the short of it). I have no problem being called black, it's just the way he said it. Imagine if I go up to a white person and say DAMN You're White as FU*K! Without even knowing them and making a disgusted face at the same time. ---------- Post added 2011-09-13 at 23:18 ---------- The mexicans is my neighborhood get called as "mejicanitos" meaning short mexican in spanish by other hispanics like dominicans and PR's I also dislike when non-Black and ignorant Afro mixed Colombians constantly refer to Black Colombians as NEGRITOS. They even call 6'3+ Black people, NEGRITOS.
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