Reminder that Luigi Mangione, the handsome young man most unfairly accused of murder, is a Catholic. He is also white, Italian and vaguely paternalistic. Finally, he has been compared to Jesus and various saints, and is seen as a champion of the sick and the downtrodden.

All I'm saying is, the College of Cardinals has a chance to do something very funny.

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[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (3 children)

He is also white, Italian

Well is he white, or is he Italian?

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We're playing with Meditteranean racism rules, not US ones.

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 16 points 4 days ago

This is the best answer I have ever seen to that question. Congratulations!

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Whiteness is not a fixed concept, it's relational. Irish, Slavs, and Mediterraneans can be white or not depending on who they're being compared to.

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I know... but I also really like telling white people that they aren't white and need to have solidarity with the rest of us instead of thinking of themselves as separate. Whiteness is not a fixed concept and I want to break it.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago

whitalian