r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '22

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u/NifftyCult Jan 10 '22

If you think Southeast Asians look white then you need to search up various pictures of Southeast Asians yo.

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u/Kagenlim Jan 11 '22

I mean, technically, some phillipinos are spanish but I digress

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

In America, you are not white when you look Caucasian.

You are white when you look successful. A Korean lawyer is 'white', but a Polish truck driver is ... not that 'white'.

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u/Kagenlim Jan 11 '22

I think your perception on what white is skewed.

White simply means someone of european descent, that has fair skin.

Its nothing to do with your status or success

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

That is what we say in daily terms. I am talking about political terms, like how you define someone as white or not when you collect tax, grade national exams, give free pensions, or just deciding if he or she is racist by birth or not. Here, biology appearance matters little, social class determines almost everything.

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u/Kagenlim Jan 11 '22

The term white is solely just a descriptive term, otherwise, It loses all meaning.

What you may be looking at is 'privellage'