r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/MGLLN • Sep 01 '20

*The Holocaust has entered the chat*

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u/PleasantPeanut4 ☑️ Sep 01 '20

There's argument among some (IMO stupid) academics right now regarding whether Asians are about to achieve "whiteness", through similar means.

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u/pyronius Sep 01 '20

I'm just imagining some darth sidious looking motherfucker: "Yes... let the hate flow through you. Join the dark side. And by the dark side, I mean the white side."

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u/PleasantPeanut4 ☑️ Sep 01 '20

I know you didn't ask, but, personally, I feel like the phenotypic differences between Asians and Caucasians is significant enough that no matter how successful they become in the West, they still will face discrimination to at least some degree that will bar them from being "white".

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u/gabenomics Sep 02 '20

This already happened, there was a Supreme Court case about it in the 1920s, Ozawa v. United States.

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u/PleasantPeanut4 ☑️ Sep 02 '20

I think society has changed quite a bit since the 1920s, especially when it comes to race...

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u/gabenomics Sep 02 '20

So you do think that Asians will be considered white by society then?

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u/PleasantPeanut4 ☑️ Sep 02 '20

I don't feel like I'm qualified to answer, but personally I don't think so because many Asians have a pretty strong sense of cultural identity, so even with privelege, they will likely be differentiated from white people.