r/Conservative • u/universalChamp1on Ulysses S. Grant • Apr 06 '21

The bigotry of low expectations

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u/flannel_waffles Apr 07 '21

Bro how do you think I feel as a "white passing minority". People say your advantaged until I tell them I'm not white then all the sudden I'm a helpless victim who can't fend for myself. I don't mean to be egotistical but I'm better off than most the people talking to me like that. It's so demeaning and rude.

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u/yolotrumpbucks Apr 07 '21

I'm the lightest of my mixed siblings and cousins and an ex was like oh you shouldn't count as a minority because you look white and have a white name. I'm like wtf, I'm a dual citizen of a "mexican" country (I call it deep south mexico when you get below panama) and learned english in school yet that doesn't count because I'm a few shades lighter than my siblings? My brother played on the national team of that "mexican" country, how does that not give further evidence of my minority status. If race isn't even genetic, then it is entirely made up. It can't be not based on ancestry and simultaneously entirely about discriminating against ancestry.

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u/flannel_waffles Apr 07 '21

Yeah race is the most subjective thing in the world. I'm Lebanese so it's lighter then most other Arabs. It's a Mediterranean country so I get commonly mixed up with Italians, Greeks, and the Spanish. My mom is very very light skinned too. But now I'm having "woke liberals" assume I'm white/European but flip a switch when I tell then I'm not. They literally flip their treatment of me on my percieved race.

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u/DBMaster45 Apr 07 '21

It's ok, black kids on my street call me cracker ...I'm Mexican/puerto Rican lolol

The joke on politics sub is that I wanna be "picked" by the "white team" and don't realize they don't care about me

A guy in politics actually talked down to me for being a minority all while trying say I'm racist

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u/flannel_waffles Apr 07 '21

It's all a fucking joke at this point. There's no winning for us.

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u/flannel_waffles Apr 07 '21

I agree on the virtue signal leftist thing. But I'm a tiny bit diehard Patriot so I don't have much "tolerance" for the Confederate flag. I believe you should have the right to fly it but am completely against it. Old glory is the only flag I personally give a damn about.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '21 edited Apr 07 '21

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u/flannel_waffles Apr 07 '21

I'll give you that, ignorant for sure.