[ SECRET POST #2795 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2795 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]


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[Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers]


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04.
[Jeeves and Wooster]


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[Yahtzee/Zero Punctuation]


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[Markiplier]


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[Jackie Chan Adventures]


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08.
[The Parent Trap]


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09.
[Alexander]


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[Starsky and Hutch]











Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 012 secrets from Secret Submission Post #399.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

White girl here. No one ever EVER asks me if I have any gypsy/Native American/black in me.

Also, previously married to a pale skinned man who WAS part African-American, but because of his pale skin he was never asked either.

People ONLY ask you those questions if you are dark-skinned.

[(Anonymous)]

Not really though? I have very pale skin, but have still had people ask about my heritage because of my eyes, and the contrast between my light skin and darker features.

In a book, yeah, the writer is communicating something, but in real life, some people will respond to various features that don't match their internal idea of what people of certain races look like.

[(Anonymous)]

You know, I read Shadow as ambiguous (which, no, does not exclude being white but does reduce the chances), but I really hate this argument. Because it's not just dark-skinned people who get these questions, and I feel like people weaken their own argument when they say it. Now many inclined towards a white-centric view who may have reexamined their thoughts will remember their relative who doesn't fit that mold* and carry on in their ignorance.


*My mother (and to a less extent my sister) are asked about their heritage a LOT. The most common question is if they are First Nations/specific tribe, but it's not exclusive. We have a couple very distant relations who are first nations (like 6 generations back), but they are white for all intents and purposes. Their skin is not dark and none of their features individually scream anything other than our very white-even-by-white-standards European. Some people just have a look to them that screams OTHER for no tangible reason. Shadow was actually pretty interesting in this regard- the part mentioned upthread made me think HE didn't know what he "was" and the unknown element came from his father's side. Which turns out to be true in a way, but not in the way I first thought.

[arcadiaego]

Seriously, unambiguously white people do not get asked 'what are you then'. And on the rare occasions they do it would not be used in the opening of a book to describe the character and the character would not reply 'could be'.