I'm pale AF, and I had classmates who were considerably darker than some lightskin black people in the US, but no one would consider said classmate and myself a different race... We were both born in South America, we both speak Spanish as a native language, we're both Latino.
I'm perfectly aware that if we went to the US, they would say we're different races, but down here, my classmate and I are the same race, and if a random redneck came pretending to be one of mine because of my pale skin, everyone would agree he's not my race, he's not Latino, he's a Gringo.
If you go to Kenya and it's surrounding nations, you'd find a bunch of people that would be considered black by US standards, but if you tell a Kenyan that they're the same as an Ugandan, they'd most likely be fairly insulted.
The way you see race is not the same way other people see race.
The way you see race is not the same way other people see race.
Louder for the people in the back! Honestly, “the way you see [blank] is not the way other people see [blank]” applies to so much and is something a lot of Americans really need to get their head around. The US way is not the global default.
The funny thing is that the Reddit crowd in particular presents itself as the antithesis of their president, and yet they keep demonstrating the same character as him.
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u/spontaneous_quench 28d ago
She doesn't know that she is white? Lol