Comments | leahpia77: Breaking News: I am White

leahpia77

Breaking News: I am White

Feb 29, 2008 16:18

If this information comes as a surprise to you, you are not alone. I, too, was surprised to learn this information. While I did know that I have White ancestry, I did not know that I am an actual White person.

I made this discovery upon perusing anne-jumps’s journal and stumbling across an entry that contained a link to this site: Read more... )

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biascut February 29 2008, 21:43:02 UTC

White tea with pomegranate* is amazing, though, isn't it? We could get it in Dublin last year, but I haven't seen it in England yet.

* yes, I'm white too!

leahpia77 February 29 2008, 23:49:16 UTC

If I come visit this year ('cause you know how we white folks love to travel), we should meet and I will bring you some!

gina_r_snape February 29 2008, 21:59:25 UTC

OMG, that was the funniest thing I've read all week.

And btw, my friend Lisa is another TOBP. I'm going to send her this link RIGHT NOW!

leahpia77 February 29 2008, 23:49:40 UTC

Hee hee. I'm sure she will be able to sympathize.

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leahpia77 February 29 2008, 23:48:18 UTC

*lol* I bet you found at least 10 things on that list you identify with. I call shenanigans!

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leahpia77 March 1 2008, 01:06:46 UTC

I cannot tell you how hard I just laughed.

irnbruise March 1 2008, 07:21:16 UTC

I laughed SO HARD reading this. But, as a fourth-generation Asian I feel that I am so banana that I don't even need this test to tell me how white I am. Nevertheless, here are some of my favorites ( ... )

leahpia77 March 1 2008, 11:56:28 UTC

Okay, I have to ask: people actually ask you why don't you hyphenate your last name because your parents are divorced?! I fail to understand how that makes sense.

My reason for liking hyphenated names is because I'm a feminist and I'm huge on ancestry. I don't feel like one half of your ancestry/history should be erased because your father has a penis and therefore "wins" in the name department.

And you just reminded me of another post I need to write: Why I Hate Hillary Clinton.

irnbruise March 1 2008, 22:37:59 UTC

I don't understand the logic either. I remember getting into a debate with this girl I dated who said that even if she got knocked up by some guy she never talked to again, she'd want to give the kid his name. Why, I said, when it's your child, you shouldn't have to adhere to social conventions. She's like, well why do you have your dad's last name when he's never been part of your life. Good point. I thought about changing my name to my mom's but I realize I don't like my family so I like being different.

darkestperu March 1 2008, 08:13:48 UTC

I'm sure there are interesting things to say about this use of "white" to mean "urban, anglophone, upper-middle class white", but I'm too distracted by the fact that I'm apparently not The Whitest Person Alive (as I've been claiming all along) to be the one to formulate them.

leahpia77 March 1 2008, 11:53:26 UTC

No, you can't be the whitest person around, 'cause clearly, that would be me. (According to this list.)

I'm sure there are interesting things to say about this use of "white" to mean "urban, anglophone, upper-middle class white"

Yep. This list is totally based on class and location more than anything in the world. I seriously doubt the white folks in Appalachia would be in agreement with this list.

biascut March 1 2008, 13:45:56 UTC

There was a great comment on one of the post where someone pointed out that this only applied to upper-middle-class, American, liberal white people, and someone said, Good Lord, you mean this is a racial stereotype based on a particularly visible subsection of the racial group in question and doesn't apply to all members of that group? SURELY THAT'S NOT HOW RACIAL HUMOUR WORKS.

...which made me laugh.