![]() ![]() And it's paid off: I can't remember the last time a border guard gave me any trouble." "I feel the need to conceal who I am when I'm crossing the U.S border. It's not that I've done anything wrong. Not having racial taunts hurled at you for the colour of your skin is one obvious example.īut there are a lot of other times when passing as white can also have its advantages.įor example, when crossing the border into the United States, James Chaarani – who's the child of Muslim-Lebanese immigrants, and is himself white passing – explained on Out in the Open's recent episode " Come to Pass": There are clear benefits when people assume that you're white. Passing means being assumed to be something that you are not.Īnd it can be a privilege. Piya Chattopadhyay, her husband Peter Armstrong, and their twin sons (Submitted by Piya Chattopadhyay) ![]() and what it will mean in years to come, as they grow into adults.Įach of them has the ability to "pass" as a white person. I tell you this because I spend a lot of time looking at my children and wondering to myself what their skin tone means in 2019. On their dad's side, it's a mix of Scottish, Irish and English. By heritage on my side, they're Indian (my Bengali parents immigrated to Canada in 1967).
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