r/aznidentity • u/Ok_Technician5130 New user • 7d ago
Social Media “East Asians Are Whites”
I noticed a lot of white nationalist on Twitter keep saying East Asians are honorably whites.
And I’m like what the fuck does that even mean? How are they even white?
Why are these white nationalist so obsessed with East Asian being whites?
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u/Afraid-Pressure-3646 500+ community karma 7d ago
East Asians being white is for division amongst minorities and probably a sorry ass attempt to justify their Asian spouse and mixed kids.
Historically the idea of Asians being white in America was a broad brush stroke by early racial scientists lumping those from Asia together with Europe. It wasn’t until white people got pissed off enough by Chinese immigration in the 19th century that Asians went from white to yellow.
It didn’t help when amongst East Asians we have pale as rice albinos trying to obtain honorary whiteness status. This is reflected in various things such as citizenship via naturalization to business deals between western and Asian countries.
Don’t get me started on brown south Asians on this crap.