“Whiteness” has always only ever been exactly what “White people” want it to be.Posted in Excerpts/Quotes on 2013-04-23 00:17Z by Steven |
But “Whiteness” has always only ever been exactly what “White people” want it to be. What part of the world a person is from has little to no affect on whether anyone thinks s/he is actually “White”, because “White” is a social class, not a place.
Adam Rothstein, “the changing face of ‘Caucasian’,” The Slate, (April 21, 2013). http://www.thestate.ae/the-changing-face-of-caucasian/.