Question by Celestine> Is keepin it REAL: When the USA was still segregated, what signs/laws applied to Hispanics & Asians?
Did Hispanics & Asians have to obey the same things Blacks had to, or were they allow certain privileges, such as to go to a diner that said “Whites Only” or did they have to go somewhere that served “Coloreds only”.
I don’t mean to come off as ignorant or stupid, but I want to know what applied to who.
*By the way, I understand that Hispanic/Latino isn’t a race.
Best answer:
Answer by Sanaz
The same laws applied to African Americans or aka Colored.
My grandfather would talk about it, but he passed as white in a new state because his appearance generally overcame his race, and we’re South Asian.
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lol jeremy.
To my understanding they were treated almost like whites, my great-grandpa is Mexican, and he moved here to CA when he was nineteen; he said they were generally embraced by the white pop. but that was before there was such a big problem with immigration. I think it had a lot to do with the fairness of your skin, gramps was a fairly light Mexican, so he fit right in.
I know in Arizona for sure Mexicans were considered White, my grandfather told me this. I can’t say for anywhere else.
I once asked this same question to my friend’s father who is brown skinned Vietnamese and he said that when he was younger he was grouped in the “colored category” and followed the rules set for this group) because of his skin tone. He told me of “tests” that were used to separate “colored” from “non-colored” minorities (Asians & Latinos). He said that White people would consider anyone with “non pink lips” to be “colored” or people who were darker than a brown paper bag. This was his own personal experience in North Carolina, I don’t know if such a thing existed in other parts of the country.
Why would you ask this knowing hispanic isnt a race
same as white