Proud “undocumented Filipino American” and director of MTV’s “White People” Jose Antonio Vargas is hosting a Twitter Q&A today about — what else? — white people.
I'm ready for your questions! #AskJose #WhitePeople
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
Pack your bags and get ready to be guilt-tripped!
It’s creating a space where white Millennials can talk about their race and identity. No judgment. https://t.co/HlfPh3Mmyi
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
It’s a verite doc, so, yes, some people reacted angrily while filming. But the convo continued. https://t.co/EoQr0G6efM
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
I did a lot of listening, which is what a good journalist is supposed to do. https://t.co/WJyu0ukWOU
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
The moment a person calls someone “racist,” the convo ends. It’s over. So my goal was to open dialogue https://t.co/WJyu0ukWOU
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
This fact really from @MTV study really surprised me: 4 in 5 young people are uncomfortable talking about race https://t.co/rjPTxhCPOF
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
Hopefully the consequences are positive: that we create spaces where we can discuss race; that we allow dialogue https://t.co/bcMNjL1wSr
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
“White fragility” is such an academic concept; what I found is white Millennials are almost afraid to talk race https://t.co/a7M9BdukkV
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
I asked young whites: where are you from? how did u get here? who paid? what’s your family’s immigrant background? https://t.co/IuYz8WNZjB
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
after all, “white” is not a country. are u Italian? Irish? German? https://t.co/IuYz8WNZjB
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
What you decide to call me says more about u than it does about me. I think of how my grandparents raised me. https://t.co/DFJtnEkfys
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
@shakirasison B/c for many white people being "colorblind" is the ideal, when really it's a deterrent and a refusal to acknowledge identity
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
White privilege, at its core, is systematic and institutional: i.e., incarceration rate. https://t.co/ZxbE4MDc7L
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
White people who are poor aren’t poor because they’re white; there is of course a big class issue. https://t.co/ZxbE4MDc7L
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
b/c many young white people i spoke to don’t think they have a race. white is “the default,” “the norm" https://t.co/Yr18lJZNz1
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
@jackpalmer @LookDifferent, when we think "American," we assume "white." This country was never white; the world was never white.
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
@jackpalmer @LookDifferent the American dream is for all Americans, not only white Americans.
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
.@joseiswriting Once someone is aware of their white privilege, what can they do about it? #AskJose
— MTV Look Different (@LookDifferent) July 22, 2015
Being aware of it is goal #1; then you gotta use it for good. How are u standing up for those who may not a voice? https://t.co/9YDrV0FfGJ
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
Gosh, we feel so enlightened now!
And then there’s this:
https://twitter.com/magic_uno/status/623951241446576128
Absolutely. Case in point: Bobby Jindal. https://t.co/2qvPsHxvFg
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
Whoops! That’s what we like to call a swing and a miss!
An illegal alien from phillipines @joseiswriting knows more about what it means to be Indian in America than Jindal! pic.twitter.com/eTWe3HvDr3
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) July 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/Iron_Scruffy/status/623959955637284865
Jose sure seems to think so.
@joseiswriting Jindal is an immigrant?
— Bubba Boomer (Russian Bot) (@bustadem) July 22, 2015
Pretty sure Bobby Jindal was born here. https://t.co/jhB5mcQ42E
— RBe (@RBPundit) July 22, 2015
Yeah, that’s because he was.
@joseiswriting not an immigrant
— Tra'jesty (@mjbanks) July 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/mattbramanti/status/623952518364667904
Psst…@joseiswriting….Bobby Jindal was born in Baton Rouge. pic.twitter.com/rUx6J3jGA5
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock aka Kimberly (@conkc2) July 22, 2015
You do realize Baton Rouge is a city within the continental United States, yes @joseiswriting? Bobby Jindal was born there.
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock aka Kimberly (@conkc2) July 22, 2015
@SooperMexican @joseiswriting I was wondering when Baton Rouge became a foreign territory.
— JJ (@JJBranchaud) July 22, 2015
@joseiswriting FYI. Gov. Jindal is not an immigrant. He was born in the United States. His parents were immigrants.
— KayBDay (@IndieArtSouth) July 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/GaryEBarber/status/623954300163624961
https://twitter.com/Iron_Scruffy/status/623957604448911360
Amazing. @joseiswriting calls @BobbyJindal an immigrant. Any furor from the race mongering crowd? pic.twitter.com/owLNyHyOx9
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) July 22, 2015
We’re givers, so let’s give Vargas a chance to get it right, hmm?
Gov. Jindal, who was born in the U.S., is from an immigrant family. Piyush “Bobby” Jindal. https://t.co/XlHJqufVYk
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 22, 2015
Nice try, but no way, Jose.
.@joseiswriting how come you say that illegals are all-american but then call @BobbyJindal "white-washed" for being american? liar hypocrite
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) July 22, 2015
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