#wppoc

[altosys]

"wASIAN" ok so WHITEEEEasian

yes. that is what that means. wasian is a portmanteau of white and asian. people can be both. or more.

[altosys]

*sigh* I hate being publicly WPPOC sometimes. [TW: racism, brief SA reference]

(for context: there was an allegation going around that I was RCTA since I once used the term "transracial" to describe myself. Which lead one of my ex-best friends to keep spreading allegations about this shit. I was friends with them since 2020, and honestly it hurts to know that a "friend" I've had for almost FOUR GODDAMN YEARS would rather me pretend to be white than be open about my cultures. Like... racist much?)

Not to mention their friend straight-up said that I should "stay away from [person in text]" because I've been "a fucking weirdo since middle school and [I'm] still a weirdo now" (my response was that I'd rather be weird and find my people than force myself to be normal and deal with friends I don't actually click with.)

And on top of all of that, a few weeks ago I had someone ask me if I kinned Valentino (moth dude) because I once had Ashley Graves as my PFP on Instagram. To reiterate, they asked if I was a r*pist because I had a character I thought looked cute as my profile picture. They also proceeded to say that Ashley was f*tish fuel since "all of her sprites are catered towards men, just look at her". Like... what the fuck?

[altosys]

ngl something that always makes me feel validated is when poc people take one look at me and say "yep, he's one of us". like they see my mother and they think "ah, a white bitch" but they see me and they're like "ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!" and honestly it makes me want to give the person a hug and cry because like, the feeling of being told you're white for years despite everyone *literally seeing your very-non-white last name* as well as your *very mediterranean first name* and then you go to look up your last name and you see like 0 white people and then it just clicks but then there's always That One Clique Of People That Literally Will Not Go Near You because now they think you're rcta

and having to explain to people "i'm transracial but i'm not transracial" because the fucking rcta dipshits stole our term

but then you have that one poc sub teacher who literally is an absolute cinnamon roll towards you because They Can Tell and also are super accomodating for you (like literally this dude probably realized i was autistic or just had sensory issues and straight-up said to me quietly "do you want to move to the resource room or another quiet space, since these guys can't seem to shut up", and then when i was doing the jigsaw puzzle at the back he didn't even say anything about it, just gave me my worksheet and came to see how i was doing every once in a while. shout out to mr. daniel, wish i had him in more of my classes)

[drag0nsrevolt]

i’ve missed tumblr more than i really ever wanted to admit. here, i can freely and unapologetically speak of my heritage and don’t have to worry about someone who hates me dm’ing me saying “white passing isn’t a thing!! you’re faking being a person of color!!! you looks super white in your selfies!! prove to us that you’re actually mixed!!” like no? i don’t owe you shit? white passing is a fucking thing? why would i fake being a wppoc like what would i gain from it? i look white in my selfies bc most of the ones i publicly post are taken on snapchat w a filter??

in conclusions, i hate twitter and might say fuck it and be done w it. idk.

[whitepassingpocs]

my mom is mixed n my dad is yt (to my knowledge, his dad never was involved), and growing up i knew i wasn't 'yt' yt. but at the same time i am not sure if i have any right to call myself mixed, esp my nana never rly talked about her heritage (she's guyanese n not wp). and i dont want ppl to think im another yt person trying to pretend im not yt to avoid confronting privilege. any useful advice? :^(

part and parcel of being white-passing is finding the balance between acknowledging your privilege and being unashamedly proud of your heritage. it takes work and it's different for everyone. as tricky and awkward as acknowledging your privilege can be, trust me, erasing your own identity for the sake of other people’s irrelevant opinions will make you feel way worse. your nana isn’t white which by definition makes you a white-passing mixed poc, and i reckon she’d probably be proud to see you embracing a part of you that connects to her even if she never spoke of it. my advice??? the more you say something, the easier it gets and who cares what other folks think!! their opinion doesn’t change the fact of your family! xxx

[akajustmerry]

Ugh ok so idk if I’m just being an annoying white passing poc but. I saw this post saying that white and white passing women have learned how to weaponize victim hood and I can’t tell if that sentiment makes me uncomfy cause it puts wppoc w white people or if I feel uncomfy cause I’m part of the problem

okay i think with sentiments like this, it's helpful to remember that you personally individually are most likely not the problem op was talking about. not sure what the context of the original post was, but I can say without a doubt that lumping white women and all white-passing women of asian, indigenous, arab, black, etc descent is in extremely poor taste. whitewashing the experiences of all wppoc because of the actions of a handful that do weaponise victimhood is uncalled for and racist. op was probably trying to draw attention to how wppoc are perceived as more palatable victims and treated better than visible poc because of our proximity to whiteness. but equating white women weaponising victimhood to keep poc, especially black folk, oppressed to wppoc being treated more positively by default because of their proximity to whiteness, or even equating white victimhood to wppoc trying to speak on the ostracism we experience from both white communities and our own is wrong. your discomfort is not invalid or bad, it just shows u want to be a good ally, and that u wish others were too.

[whitepassingpocs]

i simply do not make time for people who whitewash poc and their experiences because of how they look or behave. whether they’re doing it to me, people i love, complete strangers, or keanu reeves, i don’t care, i won’t stand for it and ya’ll are gross.

[whitepassingpocs]

how do you personally define white passing poc?

I personally define white passing pocs as (very generally) people of colour who have non-white heritage in their recent ancestry (one or two generations back), mixed with white ancesory, who pass for white physically, and/OR Indigenous peoples with a connection to their culture that is acknowledged by their community. this definition is flexible though and very dependant on geography, ethnic context, etc.