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Kandy G. Lopez R ² - Roscoe and Reggie 2024 Yarn and acrylic paint on hook mesh

Perceptions of blondness is fairly culturally specific and in regions where people tend to be darker in hair and complexion, what we consider “brown” in a more white dominated nation will be considered blonde. Not sure if that is universal or just specific to that part of Latin America, but it was the first time I was confronted with the idea that I would appear “non Aryan white” to white people and “ultra Aryan white” to non American non white people.

It was an interesting perspective shift. Because I grew up in this context, I would not consider myself blonde past age 3 which was the last time my natural hair was bright and yellow. But it’s hard to deny to people with thick nearly black in color hair that yeah my hair that’s several shades lighter is a totally different unrelated color and is not merely a much lighter shade of their hair color.

Our concept of what counts as dark blonde vs light brunette hair is very different from the way these are perceived by people from white dominated countries, especially the further away from the Mediterranean type of white they are.

To the Person Who Asked If I Was OK