#WhitePeopleEquivalents Is The Hashtag That You Need To See Right Now
By Mink Choi
It’s a good step in the direction of an important discussion about perception and experience, especially in terms of culture, race, and the problematic stereotypes that lie within. Honestly, I never want this hashtag to end.
(Compiled with Ella Ceron.)
an *experience* a POC has = a *thought* a WP has about that experience. #WhitePeopleEquivalents
— Black Girl Dangerous (@BlackGirlDanger) April 2, 2014
500 years of genocide, enslavement, lynching = one time some black girls called me honky. #WhitePeopleEquivalents — Black Girl Dangerous (@BlackGirlDanger) April 2, 2014
Dated a black person once = I totally know your people's struggles #WhitePeopleEquivalents
— Rebekah Hutson (@iiRebekah) April 2, 2014
“But you don’t ACT [identity]” = you are acceptable to me in terms of the stereotypes within my scope of comfort #WhitePeopleEquivalents
— Ella Ceron (@ellaceron) April 2, 2014
Slavery = ‘unfortunate’ isolated historical event with no lasting effects #WhitePeopleEquivalents — Aamer Rahman (@aamer_rahman) April 2, 2014
Being called "racist" one time=having to be twice as good to get half as far every second of every day. #whitepeopleequivalents
— xian barrett (@xianb8) April 2, 2014
Not being allowed to say the n-word = Human Rights abuse #WhitePeopleEquivalents
— Aamer Rahman (@aamer_rahman) April 2, 2014
POC naming their oppression because they are not taking racist rubbish = playing the victim #whitepeopleequivalents
— Claire Manes (@intensetweeting) April 2, 2014
“Actually, I’m Mexican” = omg I love Chipotle / went to Cancún once #WhitePeopleEquivalents — Ella Ceron (@ellaceron) April 2, 2014
plundering the resources, culture, bodies, & lands of PoC = development #WhitePeopleEquivalents
— 레오 (@serynada) April 2, 2014
I’m so into Korean culture = eating kimchi like it’s a goddamn fucking salad. #WhitePeopleEquivalents — Mink Choi (@ys_choi) April 2, 2014
literally any minor inconvenience=slavery #whitepeopleequivalents
— dr. trillton (@hatepaige) April 2, 2014
White people can't use the n word ever = Black people more racist than white people #whitepeopleequivalents
— Laura (@ClangingBells) April 2, 2014
“I’m just trying to understand your perspective.” = I’m not really listening. #WhitePeopleEquivalents
— Mink Choi (@ys_choi) April 2, 2014
"you arent chinese? well my second guess was japanese" = "you asians all look so similar! at least im trying tho" #WhitePeopleEquivalents
— miles (@yungrosencrantz) April 2, 2014
PoC express disgust @ white liberal’s “satirical” take on PoC’s lived exp = ATTACK ON FREEDOM #WhitePeopleEquivalents pic.twitter.com/Jd5y6dHjso — Jazzy Crayon (@jazzycrayon) April 2, 2014
PoC not wanting to have a conversation with white people = Censorship #WhitePeopleEquivalents
— Womanist Gamer Girl (@TheAngryFangirl) April 2, 2014
#WhitePeopleEquivalents “Angry Black Woman” = Black woman doing anything other than service with a grin like The Joker.
— Trudy (@thetrudz) April 2, 2014
Shooting unarmed black ppl = standing my ground #WhitePeopleEquivalents — Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) April 2, 2014