I never thought I'd say this as a white-passing WoC to a white person: "I'm not explaining race to you"; cos she didn't accept I'm brown. 
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Replying to @o_guest
story of my sister's life. shes white as a ghost, but was born in mexico
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Replying to @elneurozorro
white-passing is great for some privilege then you hit a ceiling and realise your own community won't accept you either.
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Replying to @o_guest
ugh. Yeah my sister's dealt with a lot of that. Let's just say she overcompensated a bit due a while
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Replying to @elneurozorro @o_guest
but like you said, learned to not bother anymore. Interestingly this would not be an issue in Mx at all...
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Replying to @elneurozorro
I wonder if it's because Mexicans understand race, culture, and ethnicity more due to not being at the pinnacle of whiteness?
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Replying to @o_guest
hmm kinda. but also its kind of reversed in mexico. whiter=better. but also, ppl understand theres is a lot of skin tone variation
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you don't think whiter=better everywhere? I think it's true here in UK. In Cyprus at school I was praised for being palest. 
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Replying to @o_guest @elneurozorro
my point was more that they didn't exclude me from being Cypriot as much as I'm excluded from being British. (I'm both.)
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