Good column that gets at some of my skepticism a/b "whiteness" as a term that really explains anything http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/sunday/what-is-whiteness.html …
@l_l_xu I'm using "applied" loosely, but it's definitely a big part of activist discourse, or the activist discourse that gets on Twitter
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@jessesingal Perhaps relevant to these arguments: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/03/24/census-bureau-explores-new-middle-eastnorth-africa-ethnic-category/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jessesingal The idea of "whiteness" indeed becomes weird when you see Caucasian-looking people outside of the U.S./Europe/their offshoots - End of conversation
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@jessesingal but who are culturally very different -
@l_l_xu I also think it, um, whitewashes (sorry!) massive SES differences among white people in US - Show replies
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