I love how murican white racism is just xenophobia. “

I’m not american. Italians and other south Europeans/Mediterraneans were considered non-white and discriminated in the past; if you are against “wokeness” than you should also be against considering Italians as white, since they are accepted due to trends of social progress and integration. Thus, Mediterraneans should be considered persons of colour for DEI non DEI purposes.

I do not care if they are or are not white, do not harbor ill will towards them, and don’t consider myself particularly white either (ethnic Turk). I do want to deny people who seek to gain cachet by pretending to be part of a “better” (their perspective, not mine) race to further their own social standing, because I want them to realise these systems and viewpoints oppress others, and people like them.

Also; if Mediterraneans from southern europe are considered white, why not Mediterraneans from northern africa? Those parts of the coasts of the Mediterranean were also in the roman/etc empires, what’s wrong with those places? Why do they not get to share in the legacy of rome and western civilization?