Writing
My Journey “Into” Whiteness as a “Latinx” Man
I've never thought of myself as white: I thought of myself as only Mexican. A Mexican with a cinnamon complexion that could make Mexican singer, Thalia, belt out, "Eres piel morena. Canto de pasión y arena!" Translation: “You are brown skin. A song of passion and sand.”
Why ‘White-Passing’ Is White Supremacy
‘White-passing’ serves as a fluid identity in which a person is either running from or running towards whiteness. As pointed out by educator Dash A. Harris, you’ll never hear someone say they are ‘Black-passing.’ Well, perhaps Rachel Dolezal but I digress. It’s time to pass on white-passing and rid ourselves of this vague identifier; it causes psychological harm to ourselves, more minoritized identities (Black and Indigenous) and it is inherently anti-Black.
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison