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gonna go make some food, making some Colombian styled beans

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yum, im always eating beans! my partner started a small grease fire making yuca tonight (that i herolicly put out) so im keeping it simple with instant ramen lol.

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6 points

death to america. My arab brothers and sisters in Yemen and Palestine are dying for our sins. Really feels like shit to be an Arab-American right now.

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I’ve had this interesting journey of going through visible changes that changed people’s perception of my ethnicity, and it’s happened more than once. I wonder if anyone else had had something similar.

I’m of mixed Asian and African ancestry, and up until I was 5 years old or so, I looked distinctively Asian. People would call me a Chinese kid. As I got older my facial features changed, and my skin color became darker. I then became known as the local black kid among a sea of . When I transitioned in my 20s and went on estrogen there were major visual changes again. My skin color also became lighter due to the skin thinning on estrogen. This made me visibly go from looking like a black dude to a Latina woman. Nowadays I often get people asking me if I’m from Brazil or Argentina or something.

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This seems to be a very common feature of mixed race kids. A lot of my friends are mixed Asian/white kids. If they look Asian when they were teenagers, then by the time they reach mid-20s/early-30s they would look white. And the reverse is true as well. I don’t understand the biology behind it but it’s something I have observed a lot.

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9 points

Oli London is somewhere seething with jealousy

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I hope he keeps seething for the rest of his life.

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Looks like your gender wasn’t the only one transitioning…

From

a Chinese kid

the local black kid among a sea of

from looking like a black dude to a Latina woman

I think by the end of this, someone will ask if you’re Filipina…

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11 points

So you’re saying this isn’t even my final form? Oh fuck, I better brace myself.

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18 points

My PoCness is now severely in question, the Japanese Foreign Ministry has finally revoked my citizenship!

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Now you are what?

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Idk, I guess only whiteness remains (tbh I’m probably excluded from any nationalist project because I’m neither white passing or Japanese passing) (I still have Australian and British citizenships tho)

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Egh I mean if you’re not white, you can be POC by default, right?

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We like to have fun here.

What is this place? A safe space for underrepresented peoples and peoples of color to talk, chill, and vibe.

What are the basic rules of the community?

  1. Follow Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines. Non negotiable. This is the bedrock and mods will make decisions with this always in mind.

  2. This community is for ethnic minorities and people of color. This is a safe space where such people can freely discuss their struggles, insight, and thoughts without fear. If you are not, we respectfully ask you do not post or comment here. A future community will be established to allow for racial discussions with a mixed userbase. However, remember, comments here must still respect Lemmy TOS and Community Guidelines.

  3. Irony Racism is still racism. Racism is bad m’kay? We will treat irony racism and bad faith racist satire as racism. Will wield the ban hammer accordingly.

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I don’t look XYZ and/or sometimes I can pass as white so I don’t know if I can post here. Can I?

  • This place is for ethnic minorities and people of color. This includes those of mixed heritage and those who may be “white” but are of an ethnicity that is a minority in their area (i.e. Kurds, etc) If you’ve experienced oppression due to your identity that is not based on sexual / gender identification, you are welcome here.

  • Moreover, for our American audience, we have people from around the world who are “white” but are oppressed due to being a minority in their country. They are and should be welcomed here.

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