One time, a girl called me white because “Latinos come from Spain, and Spanish people are white.”
Now, this isn’t completely false in general. White Hispanics are a thing since whiteness is racial (and has that social construct thing tied to it), and Hispanicity is an ethnicity that is tied to Spain or its former colonies.
However, I’m an ethnic Mestizo, a mix of European decent and Amerindian decent. As for race, I really don’t identify as white, so that’s that.
The girl was persistent, though. Saying that I couldn’t be “raceless” and had to be either white or Hispanic.
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broken-pen said: Today on “I Decide What Race You Are” …
askpoorlydrawnpony said: The bigger parts of me are native American and Jewish Germanic. :U Caribou is an oppressed people. D:
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carrotquill said: one time, a dude was persistent that I was american, such so that another classmate had to tell them that i was, infact, australian.
asymmetricsolutions said: Also known as ignorant people being ignorant. This will only continue, possibly get worse. Brace yourself.
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