>But what I find is that >white people will always say >that they are white whereas >people of color will either >not say what race they >are or allow people to >think that they are white >by default -- which is >a default through both our >language and thinking -- not >that I like this, but >it is a fact.
many academics, and many people on this board (to some extent myself included) would tend to disagree with you on this. in general it seems that white people online don't bother to identify as anything, because whiteness to them is something specifically empty. people of color, on the other hand, tend to strongly identify with a race or ethnicity, because their race is such an important part of their identity in real life. in other words, white people tend to never be conscious of the fact that they're white, but blacks or latinos or any other non-white racial groups tend to be VERY conscious of their race.
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