10/10 baffled at the thread circulating atm about whiteness being 100% about skin tone, and not thousands of factors (both physical and cultural).

A good reminder (though there are many every day) that "PoC" is a loose description, not a community.

Solidarity isn& #39;t inherent.

S/o to the time when I was still hella pale post-chemo but my (well-groomed) beard had grown back quick, and I was turned down for a job because (quote) "We don& #39;t have time or space for you to stop work 5 times a day and pray."

Aight, I& #39;m _still_ not Muslim, but get fucked?

S/o to that time I got in an Uber and the dude lectured me for a full 20 minutes about the "two Maltese girls who got in the other night and threw up everywhere."

He was Italian and had seen my last name on Uber, and guessed I was Maltese. Nodded quietly, got a low review?

There are MANY other examples, and these are just little things... but to suggest folks have only internalized the Dulux Paint Range is fucking dishonest, and you know it.