• MrVilliam@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      If Caucasians count as white, then Iranians are white. A lot of Iranians are also religious and right wing too. The average Republican and the average Iranian would agree with each other on nearly everything if they could somehow have a conversation without divulging their country, clothes, and specific God.

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        1 month ago

        You got it the wrong way around. Race is made up to justify racism.

        Italians (and the Irish, too, I think) once didn’t count as white, for crying out loud.

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          1 month ago

          Germans too. Benjamin Franklin called them swarthy. “White” has always been a social construct to delineate an ingroup.

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          1 month ago

          Okay, but if literal Caucasians from Caucasia don’t count as white, then wtf does white even mean.

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            1 month ago

            It’s anyone who can go out wearing cargo shorts, tall socks, and trainers without being immediately made fun of.