Black and white

[matrixmann]

Critical question towards the intersectionalists and Identity Politics fanatics: What do you actually mean if you talk about "white"? Which kind of people are all included in this?
Is it only Central Europeans? Do people from Asia fall into the same category for you too?
What about Eastern Europeans or Russians? Or about Italians, Spaniards, Greeks?
Does "white" mean "all non-black people" - or is it the title only for a particular group of people (among "whites")?

And, if talking about "black" - what are you thinking of in that point? Does this include only sub-Saharan Africans - or also people with a comparable dark skin tone (like e. g. Cubans)?
Or is everyone automatically "black" if he cannot fit the category "white"? If his skin tone is too dark for that?

Comments

[maadmike.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I am in the categories you've mentioned to speak about it but I remember one short term LJ friend from USA was speaking that she feels more comfortable in USA having white skin while her roots are Hispanic...
All this shit with black and whites comes from USA... for educated people from Europe there is nothing like this. Yes, all countries have some degree of racism but it differs from country to country. I am certain that there are different slang and views in all the countries - Japan, China, Russia, Europe, even Africa and South America there is no doubt have their own definitions.
If to speak about Russia we or better to say Russians are using the term "black" to our Caucasian guests which are less educated, Muslim and hence are behaving at cetral Russia arrogant for our standart but the situation has improved profoundly for last decades cause our authorities are having the dates for all the criminals and here we have only normal, working guys. For Africans we are using the term "negr" as we were taught in school but there is very low degree of aggression to nigers here in Russia cause we have very small amount of them and they presumably are very intelligent and rich students. Asians are called Asians but again there is no aggression against them also in cetral Russia, maycorthere is more in Siberia to their predatory actions to plunder our lands and forests I don't know. Through the late our tensions with Ukraine which is very popular between our mass media propaganda TV stations there is negative term to Ukrainians "hohol" which means between Russians - mean, unreliable, disliking Russians, but speaking Russian, stealing as soon as possible, etc... they are calling us "moskal" or "kaccap" which means the same on their agenda... ;)

[onb2017.livejournal.com]

It is actually a very good question! Especially Hispanics--they are definitely white like hell and not even the different race but why are they included in the different group.

Ha-ha, obviously it must be how dark your skin is. I once got really tan after a vacation at the Black Sea, so I guess at some point I also was black!