Comments on: Paz Vega Misrepresents?

By: Someone with a brain

Someone with a brain — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:33:51 +0000

The reason why Paz Vega playing a Mexican Maid is an issue:

1) She is a white European woman
2) Her daughter in the movie says to Tea Leoni’s character “you are the nicest “white” woman I have ever met”. When her own mother, Paz Vega, is white too.
3) Yes there are white Mexicans but since the little girl said this to Tea Leoni, it wipes out the possibility that Paz Vaga’s character is white
4) What if a brunette American like Sandra Bullock, who looks more ethnic than Paz Vega played a Mexican maid? Whould that be accepted? NO
5) It all boils down to American ignorance.
6) How can Jewish Adam Sandler be white as opposed to a European woman. In spain he would have been killed a hundred years ago because he is Jewish. Not European but Semetic. And Paz Vaga is European.
7)Paz Vega is WHITE

By: Luigi

Luigi — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:29:08 +0000

(conitinuing what I was writing before) but, when someone says''latino pride'' or hispanic pride, and they want to put together any and every south american, central american and every spaniard in the same category, it's wrong, there Asians, Whites, blacks, mulattos, mestixos, and more...all within the so called ''hispanic'' countries. Please don't put me in the same category, I'm White, and I'm proud of it, and I refuse to mark''hispanic'' on an application, I always mark ''white'', even if it says...''white, not of hispanic origin blah blah bl...'' I don't care, I refuse to let the government or any type of authority to tell me ''No, you are not White, you are latino''...I don't think so. If you feel like the term ''hispanic/latino'' applies to you, because you might be mestizo/mulato, or because you agree with ''putting all the spanish speaking and the brazillians too'' in the same category, go ahead, be my guest, but I think the whole stereotype is ignorant, because race is not just ''cultural'' as they want to put it, race is actually more about ethnicity than anything...think about a japanese being born in Africa , growing there , does that mean we should call him ''black/african'' or ''negro'' ...how absurd would it be...right?...oh but culturally blah blah bl...I don't wanna hear it, it's non sense

By: Luigi

Luigi — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:15:26 +0000

And I don't want to hear the ''as long as they don't call me a spic, i'm ok with it...'' What's that? I understand having national pride, someone who is mexican may say''I'm proud of being mexican'' and that's good, and BTW , not all mexicans are mestixo/indians, there are White mexicans also...this goes pretty much to all the so called ''latino'' or ''hispanic'' countries

By: Luigi

Luigi — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:58:18 +0000

Unfortunetly, there is never an easy answer to all this, the White ''latino''or ''hispanic'' is angry and/or pissed off with that term because it puts him in the same category with the mexican indians/mestizos that are poor , low class and ugly for the most part. The mestizo on the other hand is ''proud'' to be called ''latino'' and they say it sometimes with such heavy mexican accent as ''pos yo soy latino...''...it's an embarresment. Unfortunetly it's the American media that has done this, the government also, some job applications in the US require you to put ''hispanic/latino'' for everyone from central, south america and spain...No wonder Spaniards HATE being called ''latino'' or ''hispanic''..it's because of the connection it has with mestizos, indians and mulatos , and they don't want to be part of that, and it's understandable. Why do America plays meztiso roles played but true white spaniards?...simply to put them in the same category...Americans love to stereotype and to say'...they are all the same'' Unfortunetly, the term latino or hispanic is never gonna go away. Even worse, the term ''spanish''...what's that? I'm not spanish, I'm I talian, but because I was born in south America now I am ''spanish''

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:56:43 +0000

I don’t know what mexican kids you are seeing that look whiter than Paz Vega. The ones that come to the u.s are 100% indian. They are very short, very brown and have mongoloid features. In fact , let’s face it if she looks like a Mexican why do they have to go to Spain to get her? They have million of mestizos in this country. Why do they always use Antonio Banderas, Javier Bardem , Penelope Cruz etc if Spaniards look just like mestizos?

By: oso

oso — Sun, 08 May 2005 18:20:10 +0000

Chicana,

Just a quick comment – there are plenty of Mexicans just as – or even more – light skinned as Paz Vega. In fact, looking around the cafe where I am right now (in Mexico), most of the kids look about as white as I do.

I think Spanglish is a terrible name for the movie because it’s much more about relationships and love than culture and/or language. And keeping that in mind, I think Paz Vega did a great job.

I’m surprised no one has objected to the way the domineering White wife was portrayed. Talk about some stereotypes there.

By: Chicana

Chicana — Sun, 08 May 2005 04:13:01 +0000

I do object to Paz Vega playing a Mexican immigrant maid. She is a white European who would fit in more in Paris than in Mexico City. We need to do more to make sure that brown skin is not something to be ashamed of but to be proud of. Films that portray Mexican immigrants should hire actors who look the part. Stop the disrespect of the Mexican people!

By: coyote

coyote — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:10:52 +0000

i have to say a simple thing. my mother would want to smack us all if we go making a big deal over what others call us who are not our family or friends anyway. we have been called worse by people meaning to be mean that someone stating something as a generic name doesnt matter. its the idea behind what was meant to be said that matter.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:13:00 +0000

Paz Vega ? Viva la Hispaniole ! Man she is Fantasies numbers ten right through to one hundred !

By: la chula

la chula — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:07:32 +0000

I really don’t see waht all the fuss is about, it just depends on where you are from now. In New York, we are quite content to be Latinos or Hispanics. As long as you don’t refer to us a s sp**s!