snowflake wrote (edited )
i consider "white people" to be absolutely harmful unless they are wearing make-up or albino.
people should wear the hair however they please
ziq OP wrote
Would "pink people" really make you feel better?
snowflake wrote
you could be case-specific like, beige-olive, or tannish-crimson? ; myriad hues
ziq OP wrote
I think I'll just stick to 'white' to describe people of European descent instead of holding a color chart up to everyone's face.
snowflake wrote
do you consider yourself white or is it just a label you apply to other people?
ziq OP wrote
I'm from Western Asia. You can call me white if you like, I don't give a shit. You're the one kicking and screaming over the word.
snowflake wrote
what!? you posted the question! why would i call you white!?
ziq OP wrote
do you consider yourself white or is it just a label you apply to other people?
snowflake wrote
um . you evidently do apply the label to other people. i was asking whether you have any experience with self-identifying as white (or some other colour, perchance) so that i might understand the question about dreadlocks and harmfulness.
glitter_v0id wrote
are you sure you're on the right discussion board?
snowflake wrote
i don't know there was a right one?
whiteness is void of colour. where's the respect in that?
capitalist motivations is harmful but some folks just prefer let their hair grow long that it feels appropriate ,and it sticks and twists together; dreads. and i think culture is a natural process, not a Thing to be appropriated or limited by category, .
glitter_v0id wrote
you're joking right? you think acknowledging racial oppression is capitalist motivation and the people in power (white people) appropriating cultural signifiers of oppressed people (in context, black people) WITHOUT having to deal with the consequences is somehow revolutionary.
...are you serious right now?
shit, like
I don't consider myself particularly well educated on issues of race - and while I'm actively trying to learn it does take time - but this is kinda 101 shit to even acknowledge the cultural construct of race and why it's impactful.
snowflake wrote
what are the consequences of dreadlocks on a POED? i really don't understand how it's a threat to blackness, seems rather like an appreciation or acceptance to let the hair grow long and natty, … and what is a revolutionary haircut , though? should we have a mullet? should it be combed everyday to keep it looking properly white? what if my great-grandma was black but the rest of my family is POED?
ziq OP wrote
What the fuck is poed?
glitter_v0id wrote
I'm done... there may be hope but I, personally, do not have the education to have a chance of succesfully smacking this person's head out of their ass
ziq OP wrote (edited )
White fragility on that level can't be chipped away at with mere words. They'd have to lose some of their privilege to learn to see past it. So yeah, lost cause.
snowflake wrote
"people of European descent" i'm not sure if Western Asia is near enough to qualify?
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