Is It Possible to Be Racially Whiter Than a White Person?

Merry Christmas to all, and best wishes for a joyous and peaceful holiday!

Now, to address this question. Can it truly be a serious or taken seriously by anyone with a discerning mindset? I find it difficult to imagine any white person standing before their mirror, admiring their whiteness. I’m trying to imagine anything more unlikely than an American of European descent casting around for ways to be more ldquo;European-descended.rdquo; There is a reason for this:

Race as an Ipso Loci Proposition

This was calculated to get a rise, because no one else was running around asserting their race. Race is an ipso loquitur proposition and needs no reinforcement. Moreover, I believe there is an implicit hubris in flaunting your race. As if this makes you this or it makes you that! What makes you is your character and what you do with your life.

The Meaninglessness of the Question Without Definition

Then, as a matter of redress for insults, real or imagined, the reliance on race to validate a person as a human being falls equally on deaf ears. And for good reason. Again, if you are respectable, it is because first you do no harm, and then you do good where you can. And above all else, you are self-sufficient and empathetic to the degree that you can accomplish these first two requisites despite what roadblocks life may throw in your path.

The Subjectivity of Whiteness

There are certainly people who conceptualize degrees of whiteness within the white race, and I suppose along those lines, you could assert that white person A is ldquo;racially whiterrdquo; than white person B. On the other hand, if yoursquo;re looking for some non-white person who is somehow more ldquo;racially whiterdquo; than any actual white person … Irsquo;m not sure how that would work.

Defining Whiteness

Your question is meaningless unless you define what a white person is. Something we have failed to do since 1770, if not before. The Romans, in fact, gave up and divided the world into citizens and non-citizens without regard to the color of their flesh. In trying to define whiteness, we encounter the same fundamental problem: how do you measure a quality as subjective and complex as race?

A Metaphorical Comparison

Can someone be more human than a human? Is it possible to be functionally more of a nail than a nail? Yeah, it’s a dumb question. In essence, just as there are no such things as more or less human, there is no such thing as a more or less white person. What truly matters is how we relate to one another and how we navigate the complexities of our shared humanity.

Merry Christmas once again, and here’s to a season of empathy, kindness, and understanding.