Well, no, because whiteness is about a relationship to power, not skin color. Having pale skin doesn't make you white.
I mean I was gonna make a big thing about preconceived notions and the ways Muslim people are depicted in Western media but realisticly, this is correct.
That shit infuriates me to this day, got the label, but none of the privilege ain't that some bullshit, honestly I blame the Lebanese, they tricked the anglos
Well, no, because whiteness is about a relationship to power, not skin color. Having pale skin doesn't make you white.
Sort of. I knew a Bosnian Muslim guy in high school. I went to a mostly black high school and this Bosnian guy was universally thought of as white despite being Muslim and Eastern European. People would call him "that white boy," etc.
Whiteness is socially constructed, so how people diagnose and apply it varies from person to person. Not even people who are alienated from whiteness agree on exactly what whiteness is, or what constitutes whiteness. I'm part black, but I'm very pale, so people usually think of me as white. I'm "white-passing" if you will.
Let's say they have to fill out this diversity survey (taken from a job app I had to fill out):
- American Indian or Alaskan Native
- Asian
- Black or African American
- White
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
- Two or More Races
- Decline To Self Identify
Which one fits them?
this is absurd, there's no Other White category, what am i supposed to label myself?!
People even in europe still do pog face when they realize that Bosnia and Albania exist, and yes there are plenty of blond and fair-eyed muslims there. You can go to the caucasus for red-haired muslims, if thats what you fancy.
