• @spongebue
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    1 year ago

    So you’re gatekeeping who can act white? Please tell me how you’re not here, because I’m having a hard time seeing this as anything but controlling how she should act due to her race and that’s not ok. What she said (or didn’t say) is bad on its own, but bringing her race into it just unnecessarily muddies the waters

    Edit: everyone is happy to downvote, but nobody wants to say why she can’t act like a white American woman (including using a name that better matches that profile) because she’s born to Indian parents 🤷‍♂️

    • @Yewb
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      91 year ago

      I would agree with you actually, its her racist constituency that would not vote for her unless she portrayed herself as a white woman that is the issue.

      I also agree that skin color / race is subjective and does muddy the water.

      • Ook the Librarian
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        -91 year ago

        Yeah, yewb. Let’s not let people forget who she really is, an Indian! I’m sorry lady, did you want to get ahead in conservative politics? Well, you should have thought of that before you became an Indian.

        Do you not hear yourselves?

        If she feels that immigrants should take pains to assimilate, I will disagree with her points, but not her identity.

        • @Yewb
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          21 year ago

          I get it but whataboutism says: what if it was a white woman pretending to be African American to sway brown voters?

          • Dran
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            21 year ago

            Pretending of any kind should be shamed, but just because a person grew up as a minority in their own community shouldn’t preclude them from identifying with the plights and cultures of said community.

            Basically what I’m saying is skin color shouldn’t matter, experience and honesty should.