#racially ambiguous

[pinkypoodle]

Sometimes the “she’s only pretty because she’s light skinned, mixed, or racially ambiguous” argument is true as hell. Other times, though, it comes across more like resentment over the attention and praise she gets, especially when she doesn’t look like the people criticizing her. There’s this pattern where some women seem to only value women who share their race, skin tone, body type, weight, or features, and if you don’t fit that criteria, it becomes, “You’re only pretty because you’re this or that,” instead of acknowledging that beauty is still subjective. 🙃

[absolute-gibberish]

being racially ambiguous is so weird and honestly so fucking funny because people will assume my ethnicity and start speaking to me in a language I do not understand.

like, I love the effort at inclusion or whatnot, but bestie, you’ve got the wrong hemisphere.

[queen-of-wisdom]

Broke: Sadie Kane is a white girl. Rick forgot her black dad lol.

Woke: Sadie Kane is white passing. Not all mixed people look the same, not all have light brown skin and wavy black hair. Mixed people come in all shapes and colors and some black/white children have light skin, blonde hair and blue eyes like Sadie. She represents the white passing mixed children.

Bespoken: Sadie Kane is white to some and clearly mixed, racially ambiguous, to others. Some clock her as mixed Arab. Some clock her as mixed Latina. Some (rightfully) clock her as mixed Black. Some think she's just a tanned white girl with curly blonde hair. They can't wrap their head what she is but they know that something about her is diffrent, they just don't know what. She's been ostracized for her ethnicity, even if they don't know if she's Arab, Latina, Black or Irish. Sadie Kane represents all the racially ambiguous children, who were asked: "What are you?"

[primadollette]

Being racially ambiguous means you've constantly got random people approaching you in all sorts of different languages, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING 😭😭

[felucians]

A Handy guide on if you are just racially white or white presenting/passing

this is not an exclusive guide, it can only be determined by an individual of their identity, however i know there is a lot of confusion on being racially white & non european or being a racially ambiguous white presenting/passing person. this is mainly a guide for white passing/presenting people who i've seen are confused on their identity and need some basic guidelines!

White presenting is used to refer to any ethnic group. White passing is used specifically to refer to the Black diaspora.

So,

First thing is first, what are you ethnically? If the answer is anything mixed with non-european (Grandparents or closer, being 100%), you can be classed as an ethnic minority.

Now, how often are you perceived? As a white person? As your non-european heritage?

Is there any "what are you *really*?" questions, any follow-up questions when you say that you are a white person?

If the answer is:

You are solely perceived as white, you are a racially white ethnic minority.

You are perceived as your non-european heritage an equal amount of times you are perceived as white, you're white passing/presenting poc.

You are perceived solely as your ethnic minority, you are poc - no white presenting/passing labels.

You are perceived an equal amount white and non-european, with follow up questions or doubt about being 100%/racially white - you're white passing/presenting poc and racially ambiguous.

You are perceived only as non-european identities, with follow up questions about what kind of brown/black/East Asian you are - you're racially ambiguous and poc.

This must also take into account your race in your home countries, the country and environment you grew up in, and the country and environment you currently live in - to form your racial identity as accurately as possible.

[machinewolf7]

I feel bad for mixed and racially ambiguous people

Especially light skinned ones

Bipoc think you’re white

And white people think your bipoc

Especially the Segway by bipoc from white passing to straight white

They’re just othered by both groups

They need all the support, more so than either group

[ironysgrace]

Anyone else struggle with going from a cool beige in the winter to a warm brown in the summer?

Like I get an identity crisis when the seasons change 💀

I mean not only do I need to change the way I dress and apply makeup but also I go from white passing racially ambiguous to very obviously not real MaYoNnAiSe

And idk it’s just a weird way to exist? From white people who know me grabbing me randomly to freak out over how tan I suddenly got and/or asking if it’s real, to the up tick in people wanting to play the “what are you game”

And because of my curls a lot of people make the assumption that I’m part Black or Hispanic/Latinx and that feels weird cause I’m being assigned like complex weighted social identities that I don’t really have anything to do with while never having the ones I actually do be recognized?(I’m Athabaskan, Alaskan native)

I honestly don’t know how to word all the feelings around that or if it’s even worth trying for or if it’s more just internalized issue that I need to work on personally and not worry so much about other peoples perceptions

Which is a bit of an identity crisis in its own way because being able to clearly articulate nuanced ideas in a meaningful way is something I’ve had grafted to my idea of self since I was a child

And I mean struggling with the reverse of this when the sun leaves and my melanin recedes with it is also really hard because instead of being conflate with the wrong minority I start to wonder if I still have one at all

Which is weird because it’s not like I turn ghost white or my hair is turns straight so it’s not like everything disappears but also those aren’t even really things that I associate at all with my native identity at all, in fact the curls are from my Irish side of the family, they’re simply things I know others use to gage my otherness

I guess I just feel I’m constantly trying to juggle having cultures that aren’t mine handed to me and then exchanged for another while never getting to really hold my own, I wanna be so careful because if either I drop or hold anything I’m handed I can easily hurt and offend people

even holding the white culture I’m actually kind of a part of feels not only disingenuous but dangerous

But there is one thing growing up like this has taught me, if all that I am can appear subjective, then why would I ever take anyone’s appraisal of my beauty as written in stone?

If all the pain, love, and knowledge passed from my ancestors to me can be mistaken for blood sweat and tears of another with the passing blase of small talk then how on earth could I take another’s word for what is or isn’t beautiful about me?

You can’t tell me my features aren’t beautiful if you don’t know who’s beauty they were born from

[ktb90s]

The sad thing about Jesy

She could have released Boys looking like this and I would have bought it. But because she wanted to look like a glass of Nesquik nay Ovaltine...chile.

If you want to change your appearance, cool. But when that aligns with you do a certain style of entertainment that is meant to appeal to a certain demographic, then I got something to say.

Like I said in a previous post, if we lived in a world that respected and recognized individual prowess and beauty, these problems would be nonexistent. The sad thing is that our society sucks.

Y'all like Black Culture and Music but what about the People you emulate?

Oh, and there are people in Africa that have loose textured to straight hair and naturally light-colored eyes so don't try to say that Black people straighten their hair or wear weaves/wigs are appropriating "white culture."