The concept of race is a strange thing, and it varies widely by culture.
I live in Colombia, and people here mostly consider themselves to be white. The few exceptions are people of African descent or people with strong indigenous heritage.
Obviously, Stephen Miller and his ilk don’t consider Latinos to be white. If they did, ICE wouldn’t have persecuted them so heavily for the past year.
Look at the very select groups this administration has welcomed into the country. Miller et al consider South Africans to be white. Do they offer the same consideration to the Portuguese?
I wish more people understood this. Race is a hateful social construct put in place by our ancestors ignorance. It’s one of those things like religious violence, and oppression that has straight up held all of humanity back in the worst possible ways.
In my experience, no. Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian people are all below “white people” and above most other “non-whites” in their racial hierarchy. I think white supremacists usually give them bonus points for being European so its not as virulent a hatred as with other groups, but it’s still there.
I honestly wonder if american white supremacists would consider Portuguese people to be white.
The concept of race is a strange thing, and it varies widely by culture.
I live in Colombia, and people here mostly consider themselves to be white. The few exceptions are people of African descent or people with strong indigenous heritage.
Obviously, Stephen Miller and his ilk don’t consider Latinos to be white. If they did, ICE wouldn’t have persecuted them so heavily for the past year.
Look at the very select groups this administration has welcomed into the country. Miller et al consider South Africans to be white. Do they offer the same consideration to the Portuguese?
I wish more people understood this. Race is a hateful social construct put in place by our ancestors ignorance. It’s one of those things like religious violence, and oppression that has straight up held all of humanity back in the worst possible ways.
In my experience, no. Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian people are all below “white people” and above most other “non-whites” in their racial hierarchy. I think white supremacists usually give them bonus points for being European so its not as virulent a hatred as with other groups, but it’s still there.
No, I can tell you only 2/4 of those people in the photo would be considered “white” were I’m from.