Poll of the Day > White Passing

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teddy241
07/19/21 3:26:34 PM
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im so sick of this term. Its like minorities dont want us and white people still hate us. we cant win.
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Far-Queue
07/19/21 3:31:46 PM
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I'm sorry this imaginary threat is causing you so much angst, buddy.

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teddy241
07/19/21 3:34:12 PM
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i guess it could be worse. i couldve been female named karen before the karen craze took off. i probably wouldve changed my name.
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teddy241
07/19/21 3:34:51 PM
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idk i just let crap bug me.
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Aculo
07/19/21 3:57:18 PM
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first time i've heard this term. what does it mean?

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adjl
07/19/21 4:04:19 PM
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Aculo posted...
first time i've heard this term. what does it mean?

Presumably, somebody that isn't white but looks white enough that (some people assume) they don't get the same treatment that a more visible minority member would.

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Zeus
07/19/21 4:11:47 PM
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Good lord... I had to look this up, and it's still fucking silly.

Given that race is purely a visual construct (since the one-drop rule is only a thing among the hardest core racists on both sides), "white-passing" would just be "white".

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ParanoidObsessive
07/19/21 4:11:52 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
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Zareth
07/19/21 4:48:33 PM
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I mean, it's true though, just like "light privilege."

If you look white, racists will treat you like you're white.

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Zeus
07/20/21 12:44:21 AM
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Zareth posted...
If you look white, racists will treat you like you're white.

Which is a backhanded assertion that the classification of whites and blacks is racist, because you're literally describing how the system works.


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Mead
07/20/21 12:57:30 AM
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Ive never even heard of this term

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ReturnOfFa
07/20/21 1:25:41 AM
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idk it has context. I know a couple of white passing First Nations people. They've brought it up before and it's a reality. Sometimes they get flack within their own community (racist, ie they practice a family tradition such as beading + people make racist comments) and sometimes they get flack from the outside community for not looking "native" enough (also racist, basically the same, - not looking 'native' enough).

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ReturnOfFa
07/20/21 1:28:21 AM
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Probably talked about more in some hispanic communities along with some Indigenous communities in America + other places worldwide.

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Sycophant
07/28/21 7:01:31 AM
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Im white passing unfortunately
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Clench281
07/28/21 7:22:29 AM
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Zeus posted...
"white-passing" would just be "white".

This is true in the sense that "white" is a nebulous term based purely on who it excludes (instead of who it includes).

"White" simply means "not different enough in appearance to be discriminated against."

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deoxxys
07/28/21 7:22:40 AM
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Thats me and my mothers whole side of the family (Puerto Rican).

I never felt like white people or other minorities have been prejudice against me.
teddy241 posted...
Its like minorities dont want us and white people still hate us
Why would minorities "not want you" and what does that even mean?

I myself have gotten along fine with people from Jamaica, Mexico, etc

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teddy241
07/28/21 9:44:03 AM
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deoxxys posted...


Why would minorities "not want you" and what does that even mean?

we dont fit in. We dont have a home base. its like Selenas dad said about being Mexican American.
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