thinking about ethnicity n identity among racial issues
it bothers me that there's no concise way to refer to non-white people that I feel comfy with. People of Color is too close to the antiquated Colored People and Black and Brown people only serves to make me feel like kid me "didn't count" since I was pale as snow (and I'm still really damn pale, could easily pass for a white guy with a tan)
still thinking about ethnicity n identity among racial issues, one kinda-sorta anti-chinese slur
I know the vast majority of people probably don't mean this when they say Black and Brown people, but when I hear that phrase, my anxiety parses it as a dog-whistle for "black and latine people, chinamen not allowed unless thoroughly tanned" or "you're not a real rainforest islander unless your skin is THIS dark, because No True Scotsman..."
STILL thinking about ethnicity n identity among racial issues, but this time it's tied into lgbt issues
this is why the detroit lgbt flag ("lgbtpoc") bothers me so much, because the original rainbow flag included me, but the Black and Brown racial stripes don't, so to see it on the internet, far removed from its detroit context, while being touted as "more inclusive" makes me feel so alienated. I've never felt more alone in a community than when seeing someone use that flag outside of detroit.
STILL thinking about ethnicity n identity among racial issues, but this time it's tied into lgbt issues
a lot of this is probably a direct result of anxiety, but I don't know since I can't think so clearly. all I really know is that even in the supposed "safe space" of the online lgbt community, I'm made to feel as though I should be aracial because my skin color isn't dark enough to be "brown" but it's not quite "white" - like the racism that was supposed to combat is only being bolstered by it