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I'm "white" but neither side of my family was considered white when they came to the US. Hispanics will become "white," as will Asians (East Asians and Desis).
by slibhb 2y ago
I'm "white" but neither side of my family was considered white when they came to the US.
Hispanics will become "white," as will Asians (East Asians and Desis). The story of America will continue to be blacks getting left behind, and we'll continue to argue about what to do about it.
- dyauspitr 2y agoEast Asians and Indians won’t become “white”. They’ll just continue to grow more prosperous. By white do you mean “doing well”?
- orwin 2y agoBy that he means that Irish were considered by racists from 100 years ago a subrace of white, as were eastern European until the late 90s (that sentiment still exist in some places), and Italian were considered 'colored' until the 70s. Racism do not have any internal consistency, that's why I heavily judge the intelligence of those subscribing to it. Indians were 'black' until weren't in my country.
- mistrial9 2y agothat is sort of funny to see, since people from India are "caucasians" by US terms .. this classification is also changing over time
- mise_en_place 2y agoI think you're on to something here. There is definitely a much looser standard for whiteness in the United States. The one drop rule was used only w.r.t. former slaves. But the definition of whiteness in the United States seems to be much broader these days. Contrast that with Europe, where whiteness is a very strict category. This could partially explain the unrest that's going on in the UK. I saw a group of X users arguing with a British citizen with an Italian surname. They claimed that he was not really English (really what they were implying was, he wasn't white), even though his passport said so. I found it strange, because in the States we often consider Italian Americans to be white.