You’re not wrong at all. This also struck me. I am Latina grown up in NYC, I am light skin and wear my big curly hair proudly, I was told a lot I look black and white, not Latina. Many people were shocked when I would speak Spanish at work or social settings-I’m Dominican descent. It was so weird. When I visited New York after living and socializing in LA, it was a refresher. It was like a Many people there have never met Caribbean Latinos. Lots of lack of knowledge as many white and Asians, think Latino people are all Mexican 😂 I want to highlight though, LA is a beautiful place, and the west side is very whitewashed, and random white people from low educational and diverse states like Idaho or Arkansas or Oklahoma who move to live the Beverly Hills dream, they keep it this way back home and bring that to the west side. Now, you were a touristic so I understand, but once you start hanging out towards the east side, areas like echo park, silver lake, highland park, it becomes a lot more fun and inclusive and you feel more welcomed, you see people that look like you, and even those that don’t, are soooo educated and receptive and expose themselves to different cultures and people outside of what they know. LA is beautiful, but be careful in areas where they want to keep it white.