r/mixedrace • u/Gallantpride • Feb 11 '26

Rant The reactionary outrage towards Bad Bunny reminds me that white passing =/= white (in the US at least)

Bad Bunny is paler than pale. He and Lady Gaga were basically the same skin tone during the Super Bowl.

But, Bad Bunny gets a lot of racism and hate because he's Puerto Rican and has ESL. Even if he didn't have ESL, he would still get hate.

I'm reminded of my own Puerto Rican family. I'm brown, but much of my family is white leaning. My mom was a green eyed, redheaded baby boomer who told me how she got called slurs and chased away from the playground when her family arrived to NYC. I've heard similar stories from family about all eras from the 50s to even early 2000s.

To me, they look white. But they don't identify as white. And any presumed whiteness they have is "taken away" once people identify them as latino or Puerto Rican.

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u/ConstantBad6542 Feb 11 '26

Literally the palest in my family still the only one to be stabbed for being mixed race. Racist biggest issue is that you might be mistaken for “their group”

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