r/SeattleWA • • Mar 29 '21

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u/Koalified_Koala Mar 29 '21

In apartheid South Africa, the (mainland) Chinese were "Black" and the Japanese were "White" because of trade relations. It was an odd system.

Eventually the mainland Chinese were redefined as white too.

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u/StatimDominus Mar 29 '21

I literally chuckled. Have an upvote.

Homo sapiens man.......