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[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Romani are actually a group of Indians who traveled up to Europe I believe over 1000 years ago, according to recent dna testing. The history of why the group migrated is lost to time. After so many generations a few white people got in there certainly, but originally people thought they were egyptian.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

and thats the thing. white is thrown around but its a very imprecisely defined thing.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

white is thrown around but its a very imprecisely defined thing.

The meme isn't about what kinds of people are called white. It's about non-white characters being replaced with white characters, and no one uttering a peep. Then a mermaid is re-imagined as black and everyone loses their shit.

(another possibility is that I am not understanding your point)