[jagusafr]

I’ve lived in Venezuela and Panama. The locals always said that they were all Latino and didn’t care about skin color, so it was curious that all of the high government positions were taken by the lighter skinned Latinos…

[Clemenza]

I’ve lived in Brazil - the only people in my high rise (no expats - all white collar Brazilians) darker than me were my Afro-Brazilian first wife and the hired help.

Latin Americans talk about social class divides all the time but ignore the racial divide (obvious to an outsider) whereas people in the US talk about the racial divide all the time but claim there is no social class divide (also obvious to an outsider).