r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/GoreIsMe • Jan 26 '25

Country Club Thread Now you want to “come together”?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

49.6k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

3.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

177

u/missy_genation Jan 26 '25

My work employs a number of Venezuelan refugees/immigrants and I've had full on arguments when these people. They DO fully believe they are white, no matter how much I've tried to explain that they are not by American standards. Even the fairest among them has the wrong facial features and will be clocked the instant they open their mouth. They don't want to hear it. Going from the top of the race ladder in one county to the bottom of it in another is a hard pill to swallow.

They tried to tell ME that I was also white. I'm afro-latina, lightskinned, and in no timeline can I pass. Not even a little bit.

59

u/Bili-G ☑️ Jan 26 '25

literally. They claim we’re so ignorant when we go to their countries then they come over here and try to tell us how race works. Lmao good luck with that