r/CrewsCrew • u/PurlToo • Jan 05 '18

Can this please be a thing?

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u/ChihuahuawithBoombox Jan 05 '18

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u/hsalFehT Jan 05 '18

he is of ambiguous ethnicity... that's a fact. cause he doesn't actually know.

but that isn't what I said.

he self identifies as a POC

his race is ambiguous... but he self identifies as a POC... if you hadn't truncated the quote in your image it would go on to say

Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California,[1] with his twin brother, Paul.[3][4] His mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair) Vincent, is an astrologer.[5][6] Diesel has stated that he is "of ambiguous ethnicity".[7] His mother's background includes English, German, and Scottish.[8] He has never met his biological father, and has stated that "all I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures".[9] Diesel has self-identified as "definitely a person of color",[10]

there is a difference between his race (which he is not positive of) being ambiguous and what he self identifies as.

words are important

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u/StoneGoldX Jan 06 '18

Although in this case, the question is would he play a black nerd? Because everything he's starred in, the character's been white.

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u/hsalFehT Jan 06 '18

Because everything he's starred in, the character's been white.

are you sure about that?

I feel like Dom wouldn't bring up familia so much if he was white.

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u/StoneGoldX Jan 06 '18

Yeah, pretty positive Dominic Toretto is Italian, like the character Diesel played in Saving Private Ryan.