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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's interesting how people view whiteness as a race. The very fact that people believe this is the very reason that white supremacy continues to thrive.
To be classified as 'white' one must have certain characteristics absent, it is not an actual ethnic group. Many East Asians used to be considered white too until racism change the standard.

If this language bothers you take a deeper dive in what it means to be white in this country and not British, Russian, Greek, etc.

Because I can assure you, there is no white culture. White is the absence of characteristics. Unlike Black or 'African American,' which is the presence of characteristics. Same thing with Asian.[/quote]

Slide 7 assumes "white" is a demographic group to be managed. It's DCPS's language, not mine.

Here's the 2020 Census, which lists "white" as race:
https://2020census.gov/en/about-questions/2020-census-questions-race.html

Clearly the government views that categorization through a racial lens. [/quote]

The government has also sanctioned the killing of innocent lives. It has certainly upholded the foundation of white supremacy.

I'll say it again, white is not a race.

Go ahead and tell me, what is white culture? I'll wait. Oh and by the way, if you say Starbucks and anything of the like you're sorely mistaken about what culture is.[/quote]

ok ... then what does “projected whitening” mean to you?[/quote]

Well, in DC it means anyone who is not Black.  Strangely, here, anyone Asian or Middle Eastern or mixed race or even biracial gets lumped into “white.”

You see it all the time here on DCUM when posters talk about POC and then their context belies that they actually mean only Black.[/quote]

No, it does not. Basing reality on this forum is a poor assumption. Again white is the absence of certain characteristics.

A good example we all know is Obama, who is half white but continuously is called the first BLACK president, rather than partially Black. No one accepted him as white, because white is the absence of characteristics and he doesn't meet the criteria.[/quote]

I’m not talking about reality; I’m talking about DCPS.[/quote]

If we are talking about DCPS they mean black and non white hispanics, not asians.[/quote]

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