What is considered white. Hell, I’m Sicilian and some of my Hispanic friends are as light or lighter than me. Of course we know with chuds, they will find another group to demonize.
I’m reading a book on immigration by Chomsky’s daughter and the thought just came to me. I’d like for that to be the case, my girlfriend is a Latina and a lot of my friends are as well, I’d rather them eventually be absorbed into the whiteness blob so they aren’t in quite as much danger from bigots.
After that, I’d rather whiteness as a gatekeeping concept go the fuck away entirely.
I disagree with this take, but I have a difficult time articulating why, exactly. I understand in the past, the definition of "whiteness" changed as circumstances changed. But it feels like white people don't "need" the definition to change like they needed it to in the past. Personally, I think there was much less hostility at the idea of including say the Irish or Italians into the definition of "white" than there is now at expanding it. Especially with white privilege in retreat, I think it's more likely we see white folks contracting the definition rather than expanding it. I just don't think you can look at history and say "white folks have always expanded the definition of whiteness" and expect that to continue indefinitely.
I don’t know we will see I guess. I think it’s always good when a group is less discriminated (largest minority in America at this point) against and scapegoated and so I’m hoping my take comes true .
I think whiteness is shit to begin with, but if people being absorbed into it means less violence towards that group, I’m all for it