well i agree with lamberto and defy, whiteness is held with high regard, and suprisingly its by those who do not come from majorly white cultures.
THis is of course because of the white man's influence on cultures and overbearing control of power and symbolism of power(the whiter the skin, the more money you got), since so many countries and cultures were invaded, and reconstructed according to western culture's standards.
i would have to tell you that, yes, i do get treated very differently than some of my friends, because of my skin color, of course i don't like this bs discrimination and 'privileges' because i know the root of it, and i don't agree with it.
when i speak spanish, its like "aye aye un guera(sp?) que puede hablar espanol!"
but, i would also like to add, that because of my typical whitey-ness before summer starts, i would get made fun of for wearing shorts lol. but that was the town of orange bitches so i didn't really give a fuck.
I wouldn't say it makes a happier life, because no matter hwat you got, you can be fucked up in the head and have depression..
but yeah, my ex, who is mexican, was always dealin with racism within his family, his mom, would treat me so nicely, and i couldn't even talk with her then(i wasn't fluent yet) but his brother's gf who was just as nice, had good grades, good influence, was treated like shit. It was fucked up tho, and when his older brother would say shit then his mom would be like "well emily, well she is just better"..
of course he said "does this have to do with her being white? and my gf being mexican like us?!"
but yeah that comes from her own mom instilling that white was better, she fed into all the bullshit about beauty n shit as well.
once i got more fluent, i would protest to the special treatment, in a nice way of course, so i didn't offend the crazy lady but hey...
it was crazy tho..
i was the ONLY white person in that family for awhile(until i broke up with him)
man, i miss his mom's cooking..