pretty telling that first reation of some here can be summed with: what is really white?

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    I’m mixed race and it’s disturbing how true this is. One of the weird things about being mixed race is that people feel comfortable telling me about their racial views.

    There are a bunch of racial and ethnic prejudices that white people (particularly white Americans) don’t even know exist.

    One funny thing is that many forms of racism focus don’t focus on skin color and instead focus on other arbitrary markers; ear lobes, noses, hair patterns.

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      i’m told eyelid fold based racism is pretty big in the korean community i live by. i don’t understand that one in particular (and i’m happy not quite understanding), but bigots gonna bigot. there’s always going to be something people are born with that they sort and prejudge by.