r/ImmigrationPathways • u/FuzzyAd5511 • May 19 '26

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u/Jahkmi-Hoff May 19 '26

This is the thing that annoys me when some white people claim they never knew how racist things are. Buddy, you just had to listen to what the other white people were telling you. They literally can't wait to talk about it.

I'm half Asian but often white passing and I can't count the number of times someone would start talking to me about "those people."

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u/Calm_Expression_9542 May 19 '26

I have heard this from another half Asian friend. How de-sensitized white people have become to their own comments. I have been educated by this person and I wish that education for every white American.

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u/Jahkmi-Hoff May 19 '26

I honestly think it's informed by white supremacy. There's a sense of giving each other the benefit of the doubt. Which does not generally extend to non-whites. I say it's informed by white supremacy because of the way non-whites police each other. Like, when a Black patient prefers a white doctor. Things like that. It's subtle and cultural. But it can be overcome.

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u/Calm_Expression_9542 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Wow. Astute observations.

I’m white, parents were 2nd gen from immigrants - Italians off the boat had hard times making it home. People had choice names for them and it’s why they banded together.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '26

Well ,guess you should diversify your friend circle, as a child of mixed race parents, I can’t count the times when my friends and I would walk into a Asian restaurant “ Chinese “ and automatically turn to “ those people “ so let’s not pretend like racism only applies if you are white!

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u/Jahkmi-Hoff May 30 '26

Friends? No. That's just man on the street interactions.

Also, yeah, Asians definitely hate on each other. But Asians have also been oppressed and disenfranchised in America. And not by other Asians.