Faking your race/ethnicity is rampant. Sorry if you're just now figuring that out. And it happens in different ways.
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Replying to @aurabogado
There's a overt racist way, where someone makes up a race or ethnicity in order to get even more unearned advantage.
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One of your favorite labor reporters,
@politico's Mike Elk, is on the record as having pretended he was Native American to get into school.1 reply 12 retweets 3 likes -
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But it's not just him. White folks do this all the time. And never face any consequences as a result.
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Then there's white Latinos, who use affirmative action programs in order to gain an advantage over actual people of color.
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@blopezesq The inequality that some white Latinos may face shouldn't even be compared to the inequality black Latinos face. Ridiculous.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@blopezesq What are you even talking about? I tweeted that white Latinos are not people of color. They're not.
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