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That they are Honorary Whites.
by kristianov 5y ago
That they are Honorary Whites.
- woodruffw 5y agoNobody believes this, unless that's a particularly tortured way of describing the model minority[1] phenomenon. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minority
- bpodgursky 5y ago"White adjacent" is a real term used non-ironically by (at least some) progressives to describe Asians and some Middle Eastern groups.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI was recently informed that the term BIPOC is for every non white person except south and east and southeast Asians. That one threw me for a loop. Perhaps there should just be a word for descendants of people with lower socioeconomic status/power/opportunities.
- syspec 5y agoWhoever told you that is an idiot, and the term biopic is also idiotic. It basically means EVERYONE except white people - I think that does more harm that good
- JohnWhigham 5y agoPerhaps there should just be a word for descendants of people with lower socioeconomic status/power/opportunities. That'd be getting too close to the actual problem in society, we can't have that!
- woodruffw 5y agoI've heard "White adjacent" before, including someone using it to describe me. I think that phrase, however you might feel about it, has a substantially different connotation than "Honorary White."
- SyzygistSix 5y agoAs stupid as the term seems the idea that they don't have the same problems that other minority communities currently have and enjoy the same degree of accomplishment and privilege (as much as I hate to use that word) as white people isn't entirely invalid.
- _v7gu 5y ago> Nobody believes this Citation needed for that one.
- rand85632 5y agoReverend Jessie Jackson counts Asians as being White
- distantaidenn 5y agoWhat weight does Jessie Jackson's opinion hold? Believe it or not, he's often a target of jokes in Black America.