What is a white person, part 2

And, in addition to that, a black person?/yellow person?/red person? etc etc etc.

Ok, this is a continuation of the previous post, which I have since realised is not quite complete. As previously noted, everyone makes decisions on what colour/race they and other people they interact with are based on their physical appearance. This said, who's opinion counts? Well the simple fact is, everyones does.

Let me explain, if I go up to a black guy, and say I'm black too, then he has to make a decision on whether I'm black or not. If he thinks I am, then hunky dory, I'm black. If he thinks I'm not, then no matter what I say he's still going to treat me like a white person. This can be applied to any interaction, regardless of the number of people involved or whatever. The point, therefore, is that it is hard to definetly give someone a "white person" or "black person" et al label because that label can change at any time, in any place, depending on the decisions of the people they interact with.

If, as some people insist, it becomes necessary to define yourself as a colour/race, the best you can do is tell them what usually occurs. Usually, in my case, people decide that I am white, therefore if asked, I answer that I am white. That doesn't stop some people, specifically the blue-eyed, blonde-haired neo nazi's of stormfront.org (actually only a few of them, not the whole board obviously) from deciding that, actually, I'm not white at all. In my interactions with those people, I'm as non-white as the next guy.