It's really hard to make white people jokes. I say this as an empirical matter: my undergrad comedy magazine often experimented with it.
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@sarahjeong Interesting. That makes sense as I think about it.
@Knitting_Kninja Hard for me to describe in Tweets. But I do pick certain clothes, jewelry, ways of speaking to come off as more white.
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@Knitting_Kninja And it's pretty visible when an Asian woman is 1) "fresh off the boat," 2) primarily friends w/ only AAs, or 3) whitewashedMerci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong I mean, it fits with the normalizing/dominance narrative. Respectability is white so much of the damn time. -
@Knitting_Kninja Yep. I'm at my whitest when I'm suited up.
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@sarahjeong My husband has talked about something similar. -
@Knitting_Kninja Yeah, I once got told by an ex-bf's mom that I "basically counted as white," so I figure I perform pretty well :/ -
@sarahjeong Urg. Whiteness: an acquisition we assume everyone wants.
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