r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/RidetheSchlange • Dec 01 '24

Miami -Dade County, 70% Hispanic Population Voted Overwhelmingly for Trump, Now Ice Will Make it "Ground Zero" for Deportations Trump

https://eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/20/trump-deportation-numbers-florida/76405073007/
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u/NorCalFrances Dec 01 '24

That's because they know they are the "good ones".

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u/Affectionate-Act3099 Dec 02 '24 edited 29d ago

I love the ones that literally think they are white and will be treated like real white ppl. Literally had an argument with my friends brother a redneck from bum fuck CA rural somewhere visiting LA and wondering why so many ppl “took him as a Mexican”despite him having a full blooded illegal Mexican mom and a white dad! 😂 I am biracial, but look fully white and I just started laughing at him and finally said, “Dude, you look wholly Mexican. Your skin is darker than my dad’s and he is Black! How can you possibly tell me I should stop telling ppl I’m mixed bc I look white but fail to see you should stop pretending to be white bc you look Mexican? Here in CA, that means the racists will be cheering for you and your mom to be detained and deported.” He was incredulous that I said he didn’t look white. I’m like, “WTF do you see when you look in the mirror dude bc you look like a brown skinned George Lopez? Your dad’s German genes went to your sister.”

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u/WeeDramm Dec 02 '24 edited 29d ago

The advice I have read is that if you can pass as white then now would be a super-good time to start making the effort to pass because it's looking like it's going to be awful out there 🫂🫂🫂

EDIT TO ADD: this isn't about fooling a focused attempt by the US government. This is about avoiding the un-directed harrasment by redhats and cops that is certain to increase. It came from a grandmother in a mixed family who was advising her grandkids to consider bleaching their hair blonde, dressing differently and using sunscreen to ensure they don't get too tan. It isn't about fooling a deep check. This is just to avoid kneejerk rascim on the street by racists who are emboldened to be all of the racist that they can possibly be.

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u/Smokey76 29d ago

I’m a white passing native, it doesn’t matter for me as the Feds have me demarcated as one, maybe they’ll make me move back to the Rez.