Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agoLmao why are white people even called white lmao my skin is pinkmessage-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareLmao why are white people even called white lmao my skin is pinkDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
We should be called peaches or flamingos or some shit lmao what even is up with skin colour names this shit is so dumb.
minus-squaremerthyr1831linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 days agoiirc it’s based on 1600’s scientific racism where different amounts of bile changed your skin tone, and Europeans were coincidentally the most balanced with their bile which made them superior, and said mixture of bile was considered “white”
iirc it’s based on 1600’s scientific racism where different amounts of bile changed your skin tone, and Europeans were coincidentally the most balanced with their bile which made them superior, and said mixture of bile was considered “white”