@candy.courn: white people have no business telling POC they’re white passing! 👋 I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately as my current style has largely led more folks online to label me as white passing (pink hair, tattoos, colorful dressing, etc). And while I don’t have a problem with the label as a mixed Korean American, it’s always been odd to me coming from white folks…(the same ones who couldn’t tell the difference between Asian folks if their lives depended on it)…so let’s talk about it! 👀 #whitepassing #autisticsofcolor #mixed #korean #koreanamerican #asianamerican #intersectionality #disabled #autisticasian #autisticadults #unmaskingautism #actuallyautistic
my white "friend" asked me if I am Asian but I'm Indigenous and said my eyes shape look "Asian" but both my parents are Indigenous
2024-10-17 00:24:12
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Mia🌸sin🐇 :
I feel this so much especially because half of my husband’s family “couldn’t tell” but still treated me as “exotic” and the other half immediately used micro aggressions and treated me as a zoo animal
2024-10-17 00:22:25
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Hattie :
I've been told how white I look (Half Mexican/Half White) but that's never stopped others from calling me a spic/beaner and other slurs, despite their claim I will never completely relate
2024-10-17 05:44:02
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meems1979 :
"What are you?" is THE worst question.
2024-10-17 19:08:30
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MEGATRONN🍮 :
this is so real, I'm Mexican and Turkish, and I'm only ever seen as "white" bc I'm paler, or I get excused as if I'm German or Asian, if I correct then they're like "NO YOU'RE WHITE" like what...!!
2024-10-17 04:13:49
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kimgetshigh :
As someone who is half Filipino and half white, i feel so seen. “I always thought you were joking about being asian” - what I heard growing up when talking about my culture
2024-10-17 02:40:11
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A 🌈 | ⟭⟬⁷ ⊬ :
You are 100% right abt this!! Thank you for speaking up abt this topic and for everything you do 💜
2024-10-17 00:22:18
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terror bears inc :
thank you for speaking on this!! also many of us have gone from being various skin shades in our life. i was never ever assumed to be white until i was ~18, bc i get significantly darker in the sun.
2024-10-17 05:22:34
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jordan 🌙 :
Oh this is too real
2024-10-18 08:07:08
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Liz🖤💫 :
I feel this so much. as someone who's mixed and is lighter skinned the comments are frustrating at times and they sometimes make me uncomfortable.
2024-10-17 12:37:47
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Sarah ✌🏽☀️🪶 :
Thank you for sharing this! You put into words something I’ve always struggled with trying to word. I myself am half white and half Indigenous and it’s something that I don’t always necessarily -
2024-10-23 04:51:47
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Bailey & the Debris :
I am 1/4 somoan and I've faced a lot of microaggressions about my more Samoan physical traits before I even knew I wasn't "fully white". And I've been working hard since to find where I belong.
2024-12-05 16:48:01
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Cristi-Ann 🧜🏻♀️✨ :
THIS. SO. MUCH. As a fellow mixed race person, I’ve gotten the “what are you” / “where are you really from” ?s many times throughout out my life. I know I’m pale but I also know that I’m not ⚪️passing
2024-10-17 08:40:48
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· 𓏏𓏏 lucifer 𓂂 :
hii luv ur videos :3
2024-10-17 00:16:17
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micklepickle :
I feel this so much!!! all throughout school, kids would ask what kind of Asian I was, I was mixed Polynesian. I explained that my skin was just lighter because I'm half white, they emphasized it just
2024-10-18 18:22:14
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mereeea :
I didn’t know I was Filipino passing until a Filipino coworker started asking me something in Tagalog… I mask at work and am non verbal so I had to write it out that I’m Hispanic😭
2024-10-17 06:51:09
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Jade.me :
My old friend group told me I was white passing constantly and told me that I talked about being Mexican to much and that it was getting annoying and that’s why they kept telling me I was white pass
2024-10-18 15:30:54
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Ana :
I think this is true in many situations (seemss tru w an Asian parent) but I’m mixed and I really just look white. I think this is complicated by Hispanic heritage often being mixed to begin with.
2024-10-18 13:47:16
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Khampheng :
as a mixed Vietnamese/Lao American, I very much feel this
2024-10-24 16:33:29
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Jessica Doe :
i had another asian woman (yes i’m half korean/argentinian) tell me she thought i was white because i didn’t “carry the stereotype asian features” 🙃 fyi this was during a interview
2024-10-17 23:42:30
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🐾[мιуυкι]🐾 :
I thought you were just Asian how could you be “white passing” 😭
2025-05-24 01:36:26
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Theodore Southon :
from Aotearoa, shocking how common getting asked "if you're (ethnic groups) why is your skin white?" in small indigenous communities where "breeding out" skin colour/ethnic features was/is common practice... like... idk, why do you THINK I'm white!?
2024-11-17 05:32:02
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roxyamused :
No need for my input, just a comment the help uplift your amazing videos.
2024-10-18 15:12:24
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Rylie :
thank you so much for this advice, now I have never done this but it's good to be educated on what not to do!
2024-10-17 16:28:25
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