Which is, I think, the thing about socially-contructed race which is so odd-- that what you consider someone to be may be wildly different from what they consider themselves to be, both of which are different from what a third person thinks they are. I mean, I suspect that the South Asian woman you're talking about would be really startled to hear that she's White.
On the other hand, as I said above, a lot of Jews think we aren't White, while lots of other people think we are.
Ideally, I think I'd like to consider everyone to be what they say they are, but thinking about it that way exclusively rather seems to miss some of the complexity of what's really going on. Hm.
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Date: 2005-05-31 06:24 pm (UTC)On the other hand, as I said above, a lot of Jews think we aren't White, while lots of other people think we are.
Ideally, I think I'd like to consider everyone to be what they say they are, but thinking about it that way exclusively rather seems to miss some of the complexity of what's really going on. Hm.