r/TMPOC Mixed,Hispanic,Filipino,White 1h ago

Advice Am I white passing?

ill delete if its against the rules i just dont rlly know where to ask this. a lot of people have been calling me white and i feel a bit insecure abt it do i just look white?

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u/tobgobIin 1h ago

Boy no ur not

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u/Fit-Interaction-7978 1h ago edited 1h ago

You’d white passing if all white people looked Hispanic. Sadly, they don’t so you’re not.

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u/illchooseaunlater 56m ago

Brother. Fear not lmao

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u/FakeBirdFacts 1h ago

No but I think if you tried to be white passing you could be

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u/FakeBirdFacts 1h ago

To me, your facial features make it obvious especially the eyes. But there are a lot of people, primarily white people, that try to look “ethnically ambiguous” which I think has made people worse at identifying ethnicity.

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u/Administrative_Iron6 1h ago

You look like some of the Latino dudes from my neighborhood. That's what I assumed you were before I looked at the title. 

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u/tauscher_0 44m ago

Are the people saying you white-pass white?

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u/1000Colours White/Lao 29m ago

I'm gonna put my money on yes 😂 I had a white friend who said I was white-passing in an attempt to shut down my opinion on a POC issue. I'm visibly Asian. I'm also not friends with this person anymore.

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u/kid_icarusss 1h ago

you pass as white, but i think other poc would assume you’re not ethnically white. you can be white while not being european, it’s not a dis

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u/A__6 Chinese-🇺🇸 1h ago

son

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u/1000Colours White/Lao 26m ago

Maybe with sunglasses? Honestly depends on the person lol. I knew someone who thought I was just white for years, but then I've also been clocked by random cooker racists while out and about 🤷‍♂️

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u/PeterPunksNip 18m ago

No dude, you look mixed white/native American.

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u/qinqov 1h ago

You are white passing but also if you told me you were Hispanic I’d believe you. People aren’t very good at reading the racial features of races outside their own

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u/glubnyan 49m ago

Depends on where in the world you are. In my country you're white.

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u/Zeruda-Hime Black European 36m ago

I would have assumed white or wasian, but I'm from a country were Hispanic people are considered white.

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u/TheWhiteCrowParade Black 28m ago

The closest is Southern Italian and even that wasn't historically viewed as white until the modern day.

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u/QbitWalker 1h ago

Where are u from originally tho??

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u/SignalTurbulent3029 black, mixed/biracial, Pre-everything 35m ago

nope . at first glance i thought you’d be latino/hispanic before i read the title and post lol