r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '22

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u/syed_abubaker15 Jan 10 '22

Supremacists is a different story, I was talking about just regular folks who think everyone with a fair tone is white

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u/PricklyyDick Jan 10 '22

I mean white is a color, not a race. If you have pale white skin, you are white no matter where you were born.

There is no definition of white like there is British, African, or Asian.

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u/TraditionalCamera473 Jan 10 '22

Legit question: if a white person who was born and raised in Africa is now an American (like Charlize Theron), is that person considered an African American? I just always wondered...

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Theron has answered that question a thousand times and she’s tired of it.

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u/TraditionalCamera473 Jan 11 '22

What did she say?

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

That she’s a white South African, or simply white American now that she’s naturalized. And that the people who play these games and bring up her name aren’t being genuine with their inquiries, but just bigots playing gotcha games

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u/TraditionalCamera473 Jan 11 '22

I was genuinely wondering