#race talk

[kalied0skull]

I’m team Arcade in his race today I bet 2009thlusand billion dollar in this racer

it's so funny you say that because arcade did not go to the tracks today 💀

[sixteensecrets]

the mercedes propaganda blitz is so annoying i almost hope mclaren has built the better car just so they can embarrass toto with his own engine 🙄

[zebulontheplanet]

My journey with race and my ethnicity has always been complicated. When I was younger, I was very tan. I always looked latino. There was no doubt in my mind of what I was, and I accepted myself. I also have very strong Jewish features, small but round face, big nose, big eyes, etc etc. My mom grew up similarly to me in a way, her mom grew up believing that she was half black. She was very dark, had curly hair, wide features, etc etc. So my mom naturally got a lot of those features. She was always curvy, had big lips, curly hair, darker skin, etc etc. Later in life she took a DNA test, and 100% thought she’d get that she was a quarter black. Well, turns out that she wasn’t a quarter black and was actually Sicilian. Shes just a very dark Sicilian. Which could be rooted in the Arabic roots of Sicilians.

My own experience with race has been also complicated. I got a lot of my mother’s features and a lot of my father’s features. It seemed I didn’t fit in anywhere. I was to dark and “ethnic looking” to be good enough for the white people, and to light and Jewish looking to be good enough for the Hispanic people around me.

I grew up in a very blended family. With people of all races and ethnicities. From two of my sisters being black, to me and my twin being latino, to more. It was just always like that.

My life was filled with culture. When I was involved with my dad’s side of the family I was constantly exposed to the Latino and Jewish culture. It was amazing. My whole family on my dad’s side spoke Spanish so I was exposed to a lot of Hispanic culture. My whole family on my dad’s side was proud to be Hispanic and Jewish. They were just like that.

My own journey with my race and ethnicity is hard. I don’t look not white, but I don’t look white enough. And that’s been my whole life. From microagressions being thrown my way, to the classic “what are you?” Being asked. I’ve seen it all. I’m everyday trying to connect to my roots, but everyday itself is a constant self image battle of “who am I?” “What am I?”

Just some late night thoughts and rambling.

[formula-ghost]

I’m so glad that Franco got adopted by alpine. A month ago I was going to cry about not seeing him and assumed Williams will hide him away in the factory but now I’m going to cry for Jack because what the heck??? He’s secured a contract but now Argentinian man is on his ass lol.

I’m also pretty concerned for him bc of Argentinian fans, I’d imagine comment sections would be filled with people wishing failure upon him. I’m not Argentinian so I wasn’t aware that a lot of fans got this crazy but I know I’d absolutely hate it if anyone wished failure on Franco

I am also glad! Honestly though I was not expecting this at all. I also agree that I feel bad for Jack Doohan. First got put in the middle of the the drama between Alpine and Ocon and now unless he becomes the next Max Verstappen in 4 races he’s going to get replaced by Franco, a driver with an INSANE fanbase. I’m not Argentine either but I am Latina and in my parents home country it’s the same, fans go absolutely insane for anyone from there who makes it big. It’s a blessing and a curse because Franco has incredible support but during his controversies (*cough* CHINA *cough*) he gets so much pushback. I just pray that Jack’s self esteem can handle the Latino spirit 🙃

[sadhoc]

regarding that last post, it's weird being a white person who grew up going to very genuinely diverse schools, with latine and asian cousins, speaking english and spanish on the playground both, using what i later learned was AAVE with my classmates because that's just how everybody talked at my elementary school, celebrating lunar new year and persian new year. my sister getting a chinese nickname because she had chinese friends. and then growing up and people started getting more segregated, and people didn't expect me to speak spanish anymore. and i stopped using the words i knew were AAVE because my black friends and i drifted apart after high school (when i went to a predominately rich white private college and most of them went to big public universities) and it became weird for me to use it. and i remember working in a school with a 40% spanish speaking student body, and i could speak spanish with the students no problem, but when my latine colleagues would be speaking spanish in the staff room, i couldn't join in their conversations because my spanish was so childish and didn't include discussions of unions or turnover rates or test scores. and my sister doesn't want me spelling her nickname in pinyin over text, and instead uses a more english looking spelling, because she's scared of seeming like she's appropriating, because now her friends are all white.

[corythesaxon]

[sergaku]

Every time I see a girl say I only date black guys it pisses me off a bit. I know some are thinking, "it's because they are better in bed," or "they are just more exotic" Do you realize you are objectifying an entire race based off your skewed views of sex? It's been this way for a long time too. Black people used to.be castrated because it was believed we were wild for sex and just wanted only that. Now it is possible to find that black man that will treat you in the way you deserve and make you feel special in every way.

Having a stronger attraction to one race is natural as well. I'll admit, I do find Asian women more attractive than white women. But that doesn't mean I will exclude white women to only pursue asain. But if your only thought is based off sexual prowess, then you are very wrong.

The reason I say this is I saw a video of a woman on an escalator touching the hands of men to get a reaction. They only included black men showing any "positive" response in pursuing the woman. The only one who didn't was a white man. I saw comments that kept saying "of course the black people go after her." Which was followed by some video saying a girl doesnt go after anyone but black guys (though this video shs was roasted by every race so it was great ensing.)

It just pissed me off to no end. Seeing that some women, too many really, see black men as a sexual object and nothing else. A Lantio person will be able to treat you the same, so will white, so will muslim. There is literally nothing special about us other than out skin color. Are they racist? It's hard to say. They obviously don't hate black people so it's a weird way to categorize it. But still fucked up.

[soybloodandstakes]

re: my latest post, PLEASE can we just imagine Talitha as a person of colour instead of the white hippie with dreads matts that YD gave us instead. Give me my bad-ass female bodyguard love interest but also make her not white!!!! and possibly asian bc we had  N O  rep on that show. none!! 

also Talitha and Vlad are a bisexual power couple don’t you dare say otherwise