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Well, i'm indian, and I was told by a college professor in a history of immigration class that I am white because I believe in things like hard-work to better m
by iammisc 5y ago
Well, i'm indian, and I was told by a college professor in a history of immigration class that I am white because I believe in things like hard-work to better my family's situation, education, etc. The book he had us read was all about how different races got 'whitened', and he was convinced Indians are being 'whitened'.
Let's just sit here and consider for a minute the inherent racism in referring to anyone being rich as having the quality of 'being white'.
- colpabar 5y ago> Let's just sit here and consider for a minute the inherent racism in referring to anyone being rich as having the quality of 'being white'. I guess you never saw this. https://www.newsweek.com/smithsonian-race-guidelines-rational-thinking-hard-work-are-white-values-1518333 https://www.newsweek.com/smithsonian-race-guidelines-rationa...
- iammisc 5y agoOh I did... and rolled my eyes.
- Causality1 5y ago"Hard work is internalized racism" might be the most 2020s sentence I've ever read.