The problem with blacks appropriating white characters like Lil' Orphan Annie

Well, its usually white people who steal hispanic characters, like Anthony Hobkins playing Zorro. Or how about Sean Connery playing a Spaniard in The Highlander. Whites dont just play white versions of traditional hispanic roles, they literally play hispanic characters.

There is a scene in the highlander when Connery asks what haggis is, because he has never had it, being from Spain.

 

From http://blog.seattlepi.com/rickstevestravel/2009/04/22/haggis-in-northern-spain-and-free-shipping/

"Haggis in Northern Spain and Free Shipping

"Posted on April 22, 2009 | By rick_steves

"I’m in northern Spain working hard, but it is a little discouraging because so few Americans are traveling here. León and Burgos are great old towns with awe-inspiring cathedrals and plenty of colorful tapas bars. (I just found the Spanish twin to Scottish haggis ‘ it’s called morcilla and comes without the skin. You’d think a dog got sick on your plate. Smear it on toast with a fine red wine. It’s quite tasty…if you like haggis…which I do.)"

(My emphasis)

The morcilla I've had is a blood sausage - excellent food. Regional variations do occur in Spain, but I'd certainly be willing to give it a try.

 

My point still stands that white people have a history of not only remaking parts traditionally played by no-whites, but literally playing non-white characters. Going around calling themselves Mexican and Spanish.

 

Well, whites do it to each other too, so what's the difference?

Remember internet rule 34.

If it exists there's porn of it.

 

This is hilarious. Spanish people are not white? ROFL

 

Some are. Most are darker skinned, like Southern Italians.

 

They are all white people. Even the Sicilians for those into True Romance.

 

The lessons we humans can learn from stories has no boundary in regard to color, income, religion, etc. Humanity transcends distinctions.

 

The part about it that disturbs me is the obvious segregation involved, and a similar segregation is apparent in your response. Still we see 'blacks' and 'whites' determintedly identifying themselves as separate from one another.

So much for the great melting pot.

 

Why are Sicilians so dark?

 

They are average for the mediterrenean

 

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean basin and has served as a meeting place for different populations. Archaeological data indicate that this largest Mediterranean island was initially peopled by hunter-gathers approximately 10 000 years .1 Subsequent settlements may also have occurred prior to the transition to agriculture that began around 7000 years . During historical times, various ethnic groups that include Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and the Normans, left their legacy in Sicily. Preliminary studies of the Y-chromosome Hg composition showed that approximately 60% of the Sicilian Y-chromosome Hgs are also prevalent in southern Italy and Greece.6 The presence of the lineage E3b1b-M81 in Sicily and Iberia reflects gene flows also from North Africa.7 But while Greek surnames display east–west differentiation,8, 9 the correlation of genetic diversification with longitude and the extent to which Greek colonization mediated gene-flow episodes remain still uncertain. Haplogroups common both to the European and Eurasian populations are present in Sicily. The most represented are R1b1c-M269 (24.58%), J2-M172 (15.25%) and E3b1a-M78 (11.44%). The co-occurrence of the Berber E3b1b-M81 (2.12%) and of the Mid-Eastern J1-M267 (3.81%) Hgs together with the presence of E3b1a1-V12, E3b1a3-V22, E3b1a4-V65 (5.5%) support the hypothesis of intrusion of North African genes.7, 12 In total, 48% of the E3b1a-M78 chromosomes in Sicily belongs to Hgs E3b1a1-V12, E3b1a3-V22 and E3b1a4-V65. These Hgs are common in northern Africa and are observed only in Mediterranean Europe12 and together the presence of the E3b1b-M81 highlights the genetic relationships between northern Africa and Sicily.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2985948/