some reflections about racism/xenophobia
hi dudes, i got very pissed off about something today, so i'm going to make some topics to make my thoughts organized and brief.
•brazil is a big mix of races all bc of the colonization shit (the europeans raped our natives and the black women who were slaves here), so it's impossible to define a characteristic of a brazillian person.
•because of that, it's common to tell "what a person are" by the color of their skin, and not by where they came from (ethnically). it's a pretty shitty method.
•today i saw some ppl discussing on twitter if zayn from oned is white or not: some saying he isn't, bc he has pakistani ancestry and others saying he is white bc he has light skin and bc "he doesn't look like a pakistani and was born in england".
•so does it means a black woman, who is sure where she came from but is born lighter skinned, is automatically less black than the others born with darker skin? and what if a white girl fucking burns her skin with tan and shows off her toasted ass, it makes her less white just bc her skin is darker? IT'S LITERALLY WHAT THAT GIRL WAS SAYING.
•this doesn't make sense. this kind of ppl don't realize how fucking racist they're being, they don't have a single bit of empathy, they don't even put themselves in other people's shoes but have the courage to say shit like this. they're literally judging a book by its cover.
idk if i was clear and if it makes sense, i don't even know if i'm right, but now i want to know your point of view. is your country racist and xenophobic like this too or it has a remaining of hope? tell me about any experiences please, i'm very curious about others perspectives and opinions.
Hey, so I am Guatemalan and well, basically the same thing happened. (Yano, the fact that the europeans raped the natives). I don't live in Guatemala anymore, but they used to do the same thing. Where they would define things by the way you look. If you had a flat face, you were considered more Guatemalan than European.
Listen, I did a 23 and me t......
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Hey, so I am Guatemalan and well, basically the same thing happened. (Yano, the fact that the europeans raped the natives). I don't live in Guatemala anymore, but they used to do the same thing. Where they would define things by the way you look. If you had a flat face, you were considered more Guatemalan than European.
Listen, I did a 23 and me thingy. It just says I'm Native American due to the history being all jacked up there. Like, I don't remember the exact percent, But I was around 53% Native American, which I assume is just... me being a typical Hispanic. Idk... It's weird. Even though I don't live there, and I now live in America people call me all sorts of races, from being hispanic, too black, to being a Native American.
And I'm definitely not black (Not saying that as a bad thing, I mean I am 0.04%, but... I'm just not going to count that). But I don't even know how to answer the question, without feeling like I have to put a label somewhere. God damn.
I fucking hate labels~ sorry but it's true. I also came here to vent so... Yeah.
All I'm saying is that many people are racist and It sucks. But there is honestly nothing you can do about it. It does suck. I can understand people being curious about it, But shit y'all don't have to be up my ass.
Honestly at this point Im literally mixing race with sexuality because I'm so damn tired right now lmao. I'm so done. Alright I'm out. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
14 05,2019
This is something I struggle with a lot. I look very white, but my mom was a Colombian immigrant. We have a little bit of everything--African, Native American, Jewish, Northern European, etc. The rest of my family has tan skin, dark hair, and dark eyes. They look more like what they are. No one would ever guess I am anything besides 100% white. And so I generally don't claim to be anything but white. I say that my family is Colombian, but I don't claim that for myself because I don't look like it and I don't speak Spanish fluently. I get white privilege; no one ever discriminates against me. So how much can I claim fairly? I don't know. I never know quite what to call myself because everything feels like a bit of a lie. I'm always afraid that someone will get upset and say that I'm not allowed whatever label or identity.