I live just opposite a mosque, and so see a lot of people who are coming and going from there. I'd say about 50% of them look white, and just happen to be wearing headscarves. As well as that, a lot of very muslim areas - Afghanistan and the north of Pakistan - are traditionally very fair skinned, although most Pakistanis and Afghans would probably be defined as PoC. I live in an area where there are a bunch of people from Afghanistan, or of Afghan descent, and they have grey eyes, blue eyes, fair skin, light brown hair, the works. It's something that's made me very thoughtful about race sometimes, and the arbitrariness of it all.
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Date: 2009-04-10 07:53 am (UTC)I live just opposite a mosque, and so see a lot of people who are coming and going from there. I'd say about 50% of them look white, and just happen to be wearing headscarves. As well as that, a lot of very muslim areas - Afghanistan and the north of Pakistan - are traditionally very fair skinned, although most Pakistanis and Afghans would probably be defined as PoC. I live in an area where there are a bunch of people from Afghanistan, or of Afghan descent, and they have grey eyes, blue eyes, fair skin, light brown hair, the works. It's something that's made me very thoughtful about race sometimes, and the arbitrariness of it all.