tigerfist:

wtfwhiteprivilege:

13catmachines:

Rita haywards before and after. She was latin then they turned her into a white girl. Shameful. She looks BEAUTIFUL both ways for sure! BUT it’s sad to me.

One of the defining silver screen sex symbols, Rita Hayworth was born with the much less American-sounding name, Margarita Carmen Cansino.

The Metamorphosis:

Columbia Pictures came along and, not being much for political correctness, pretty much told Cansino that her lack of success was due to her being way too Spanish-y. So, Cansino agreed to go along with a few surgical processes, such as:

A. Painful Hairline Electrolysis

Cansino had a low hairline, which pegged her as a Latina. This is the same discrimination which kept Vega out of the World Warrior tournament, until he wore a mask to conceal his hairline.

Carmen Cansino became Rita Hayworth. Her dark hair was died auburn. The transformation complete, Rita Hayworth now looked Saltine enough for Columbia:

The Payoff:

Not five years before, the young immigrant’s daughter was dancing in smoky bars for coins. After her “honky-fication,” she became the hottest thing in sanctioned Armed Forces self-pleasure. A picture of her kneeling on a bed in a nightgown sold 5 million copies. Her likeness was fashioned on the side of atomic bombs.

Oh look. An example of what white privilege (or passing as white) can get you. 

i didn’t know this and that a low hairline pegs you as latino? what the fuck, world.

Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cansino. Despite our society’s known history of creating and perpetuating wacky ideals about image, this is brand new news to me.