STFU AND LISTEN, WHITE PEOPLE

strangeasanjles Asked

QuestionRe: the anon asking about terms. I prefer POC. I think 'non-white people' makes it sounds like white people are the standard and POCs are the 'other'. Just sounds a little condescending to me, even if that's not the intention. [remember, intent is not magic]. Those are my two cents. Answer

Anonymous Asked

QuestionBut does white supremacy always have to be a European thing? Egypt and even Mongolia have a Nazi Party, for example. And within Europe there have been several people mistreated who to the untrained eye would be seen as white. It could be associated with beauty - as in, people prefer a lighter partner because lighter skin in their eyes means more beautiful children, and thus more likely to succeed in society. Because it's pretty people who usually do best in society. Answer

Kaxbe: are you referring to shadism? because that in itself is just a facet of white supremacy.

Anonymous Asked

QuestionPlease feel free to ignore this if u think it will start another ridiculous shitstorm for you, but I'd just like to ask a question RE: capitalizing the b in Black. Is this something white people should do also (I mean, should white people also capitalize the b in Black when writing), or is this just for black people? I just don't want to start doing it and then find out I'm actually appropriating something and hence stripping it of its meaning. Thanks! :) Answer

Kaxbe: why would that be appropriation?

Anonymous Asked

QuestionHi :-) Just wondering if the term 'non-white people' can be used interchangably with 'people of color'? I've heard both terms used by poc, though I'm not sure which is preferred and if there are particular contexts in which either term is more appropriate...? I'd really appreciate your thoughts on this if you've got time, please. Thanks a lot! :-) Answer

Kaxbe: eh, i’ve used both. maybe one of our followers can give a better explanation?

Anonymous asked: I think it's problematic when you call Asians "white-passing poc", because Asians are usually not being able to pass as white, since they look, of course, Asian.

bankuei:

ladyatheist:

I’m pretty sure I never used the term “white-passing PoC” to describe Asian people. However, a lot of East Asian people are white-passing. Having lighter skin and straighter hair gives you a pass into white society that people with darker skin and kinky hair do not get. That’s just something that you can’t ignore.

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I wonder if this person is mistaking “White identifying” vs. “White passing”?

Because there’s a LOT of white identifying asian folks.

Quoting myself from elsewhere:

“White Identifying” indicates people of color who imitate white privilege behaviors, and support and defend privileged behaviors, in the hopes of white approval.

Notice that this doesn’t have jack to do with whether someone has grown up completely surrounded by white people, what languages they can, or can’t speak, what food they eat, what music they listen to, who their friends are, whether they can “pass” or not, etc.

None of that is the problem- privileged behavior, supporting racism, and, policing other people of color to do the same? That’s the problem.

It’s most definitely not limited TO asians, but it’s a common enough thing that along with color privilege and the expectation of model minority myth to buy off APIA folks in collaborating against other POC, it’s a thing.

Anonymous Asked

QuestionIf I recall correctly this shadeism is also seen in Indonesia where the darker skinned Papoeans are seen as lower then the lighter skinned Balinese. It was that way before colonization, too. Could it then possible be a biological human preference to like lighter skinned people better rather then a cultural one? Answer

CC: BIOLOGICAL

BIOLOGICAL

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No. Noooooooo. It is definitely about culture.

And you’re right, a lot of Asian countries had shadeism before colonization, you do not need colonization to produce problematic perspectives on ethnicity/race but white supremacy has only enhanced and enforced these perspectives.

Lighter skin is historically/culturally associated with wealth because lighter skinned people generally worked less and were within their households more, while the darker skinned people were out toiling in the fields (so darker skinned people were associated with poverty/labor).

It is not a biological preference.

Anonymous Asked

QuestionIs there then racism within the black community too? Between, say, darker and lighter skinned individuals, prefering those with more European admixture? And you're right to assume I don't know shit, that's why I am asking hon. :) Answer

CC: Not racism, internalized racism: shadeism/colorism and prejudice. Lighter skinned Black individuals such as myself have privilege within the Black community and within this country (The United States).

Someone is trying to make the argument that America is the most oppressive, most genocidal, most imperialistic country ever.

amodernmanifesto:

lifeisliterallylimited:

memonite:

remorsecode:

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

ladyatheist:

abokononist:

antisocial-socialist:

ragingsocialist:

youngbadmanbrown:

twcflorkin:

askinnyblackman:

ricksantorum-2012:

communismkills:

Sources or it didn’t happen.

I can’t think of a single example where we’ve been imperialist or genocidal.

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Anonymous Asked

QuestionWith all the interracial relations going on these days, won't the problem of racism solve itself sooner rather then later? Answer

CC: If you think racism is solved by mixed race children, you obviously

a) don’t know shit about racism

b) don’t realize that interracial relations have been around for hundreds of centuries

and

c) don’t know about the existence of Latinidad

pookie-n-dilla:

heycmere:

Richard Aoki was an American civil rights activist. He was one of the first members of the Black Panther Party, and the only Asian American to hold a formal leadership position.

(Source: 1, 2, 3)

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