• III@lemmy.world
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        16 hours ago

        As a white person who knows what woke means, I am perfectly fine with this generalization. It is considerably more accurate than not.

        • dustycups@aussie.zone
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          11 hours ago

          Yeah, I was going to say that most is probably right too, but without data I thought I’d play it safe.

    • absolutetupperware@lemmy.today
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      11 hours ago

      if u downvoted or left a snarky little shitty comment under this you should confront your antiblackness instead of lashing out against strangers on the internet who point it out

      • mabeledo@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        Here’s another one: if a Latino doesn’t now what “woke” means, does that make them white?

    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      American racism is so ingrained most people can’t even accept they do this, hence the downvotes.

      • sanpo@sopuli.xyz
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        18 hours ago

        No, they’re because of the weird casual racism from the other poster.

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          17 hours ago

          Yes pointing out behaviors of white people is always racism according to racist white people.

            • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              3 hours ago

              It’s irrelevant to the correctness of the claim. It does not say only white people appropriate the term.

              If you use the term to mean anything beyond the inherent racism towards black people in America, you can consider yourself included regardless of your skin tone.

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              5 hours ago

              Those that trace their roots from light skinned people from Europe or who visually pass as such. It is just as stupid as the criteria the Nazis used, because it is the same mindset.

              There is also a common view in the US that was even enshrined into law if someone has a single black ancestor they are no longer white. This is still a very common viewpoint despite the laws being overturned in the courts in the 60s because we are still massively racist as a country.

              • mabeledo@lemmy.world
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                4 hours ago

                I see, essentially this is vibe testing for race.

                I was confused because I went to the census website and it looks like northern African and Middle Eastern people are considered white, something I thought most Americans wouldn’t agree with. Your response makes more sense.

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                  4 hours ago

                  Egyptians are a perfect example of how stupid the whole thing is. A lot of people consider light skinned Egyptians white until they find out that Egypt is in Africa and then their heads explode.

            • 5too@lemmy.world
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              5 hours ago

              At this point, pretty much anyone of mostly European descent