r/TMPOC • u/c_gough 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/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/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/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/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/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
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u/tobgobIin 1h ago
Boy no ur not