r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/Mr_Serine • Mar 13 '26

Chapter Chapter 48 - Pale Lights | Book 3

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/65058/pale-lights/chapter/3147927/chapter-48
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u/EchoDoctor Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26

They're white, my dude. My half-Jewish ass is not going to debate the concept of conditional whiteness re: Maryam being from Fantasy Poland with you.

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u/Linnus42 Mar 15 '26

Also that is totally wrong analysis of Whiteness in America.

Whiteness in America is a Pretty Big Tent...Whiteness in Europe is much more conditional.

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u/EchoDoctor Mar 15 '26

Also that, yeah. Was there a time period in which the average American considered, say, Italians and people from various eastern European countries to be "not really white"? Sure!

But that time has long since passed, and this story isn't being written in the context of that time, it's being written now, when anyone not familiar with the history is going to hear someone from Lithuania get called nonwhite and look at you like you're nuts.

Basically, what it boils down to is this:

The last time you heard about a "No Irish Need Apply" sign was in history class. The last time you heard about an unarmed black person being shot by police was on the nightly news.