Anthropologist Can't Answer Are You White

Anonymous asked: arent u white? mechsuit answered: im turkish so i cant answer this without at least 3 historians and an anthropologist present one of my fave posts honestly this is legitimately even funnier when you're an anthropologist because anthropologists would constitutionally not be able to answer this #just for a sneak peek into how fucking miserable my anthro MA thesis is making me at the moment lmao

A screenshot of a social media post shows someone asking a Turkish person, “arent u white?” The answer jokes that this question requires three historians and an anthropologist, followed by commentary that anthropologists are constitutionally incapable of answering it and that an anthropology master’s thesis is miserable. It is shared as an absurd academic reaction to complicated questions about race and identity. EN: A screenshot of a social media post shows someone asking a Turkish person, “arent u white?” The answer jokes that this question requires three historians and an anthropologist, followed by commentary that anthropologists are constitutionally incapable of answering it and that an anthropology master’s thesis is miserable. It is shared as an absurd academic reaction to complicated questions about race and identity.

• @eternalclassic / 38610 2023-09-12