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The comment you're replying to is sarcastic. It is actually saying being not white has more downsides than upsides.
by the_af 5y ago
The comment you're replying to is sarcastic. It is actually saying being not white has more downsides than upsides.
- amcoastal 5y agoI'll disagree until the OP claims sarcasm. The comment easily reads as white grievance about how our society is "obviously not white supremacist" because "why would people lie about being white in a white supremacist country"? To which I replied the obvious answer to such a dumb conjecture. Unfortunately the title has drawn in many comments exactly like this, its sad people can't think 2 inches from their face. I'll take the downvotes from cranky white people with pride.
- ithkuil 5y agoThe comment is indeed sarcastic. It seems to imply that the US is not a white supremacist society because otherwise why would white people pretend to not be white? During a period of racial segregation like the one cited in the comment, people were not pretending to be non-white (the comment used sarcasm again stating "I'm sure that it happened all the time"). So the point of that comment wasn't that being non-white has more downsides than upsides, but rather that people describing the USA as a country where white supremacy is the dominant ideology are exaggerating.
- the_af 5y agoAh, I see. I misunderstood the comment then. Thanks for clarifying!