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What Americans in a 1998 poll expected to happen by the year 2025 (lemmy.world)

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[–] kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Person: My great-grandfather was Korean.
The Asian Council: spends two minutes deliberating

Person: I'm 1/8th black.
The Black Council: instantly You're black.

College Humor had it right. (Catbox alt)

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[–] ytsedude@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Is that Rose from Star Wars?

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[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Ya know, my first thought was "I see the resemblance but I don't think they're the same person." And then I checked Wikipedia and there she is! Television, 2014, CollegeHumor, 'Full Asian.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Marie_Tran

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[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 2 points 10 months ago

Almost like how we categorise race is a social construct

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