When Am I White?

What Race is This Person? Photo by Melanie Kreutz on Unsplash

Last night, I was speaking with an indigenous person (he didn’t mention the tribe) and a mixed Black person, when the former casually mentioned that a white woman like me had more privileges than he did.

“I’m white?” I asked.

“You know what I mean — you look white enough,” he replied.

This is definitely true, so I accepted that and the conversation moved on.