“Whiteness” has always only ever been exactly what “White people” want it to be.

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/.

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