Romeo and Rosaline, the untold story

My students think Rosaline, the unrequited love interest of Romeo, in Shakespeare's classic is Hispanic; therefore, my latin female students are quite offended that she and Romeo do not fall in love with one another.

Today in class, a girl asked, "What does the white girl have that Rosaline doesn't?"

I replied, "Rosaline is not Hispanic. The story takes place in Verona. Everyone's Italian."

The girl thought for a moment before muttering, "Well, what does the white girl have that the Italian girl doesn't?"

Sigh.