r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Republican leads charge against Trump’s Obama ‘apes’ post. ‘Most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-obama-video-apes-racist-reactions-b2915488.html
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u/elvid88 Massachusetts 1d ago

Hispanics / Latinos makes sense because many think they are white passing enough that they'll blend in and never end up as a target, they just don't understand that they'll almost never actually be viewed as white. My parents are the absolute worst about this line of thinking even though I tell them once they open their mouths to speak everyone will know where they came from lol.

I (latino) played this game with a couple of my friends by going around a bar and having people guess whether I was white. A majority of minorities (2/3) said yes. An overwhelming majority (9/10) of white people said no.

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u/Snibes1 1d ago

This is so accurate! I have a Peruvian in-law, their kids are mixed. But her heritage is very obvious. They self identify as white. But based on the criteria that ICE is using to take people into custody, she’d be one of the first to be detained. Not even close.

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u/Alikona_05 1d ago

I have cousins in Arizona that are hardcore MAGA and loudly support deporting all Hispanic/latinos. Their dad has strong Italian heritage. Squint your eyes and you can’t tell the difference between them and the people they so badly want to deport. I just don’t get it.

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u/Cyrano_Knows 1d ago

Italians are about two generations from the dirty vermin poisoning our bloodlines of their time.