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FarPoint

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7. Yes..Star Trek Original...
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:12 PM
Friday

Last night on the new Star Trek Academy...they had several of the half tone black/ white faces in the crowd ..they paid homage ..😇

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calling yourself pink doesn't divest you from being white as a social construct, fwiw, because the concept of whiteness WhiskeyGrinder Friday #1
true, though my whiteness is provisional, being jewish.... unblock Friday #3
so why not describe yourself as Jewish instead of white? WhiskeyGrinder Friday #12
Often I do. Most times I just identify myself as me. Unblock. Or my name irl. unblock Friday #14
While that's true, at the same time it helps this person uncouple the tropes of whiteness from their identity. Imho electric_blue68 Friday #13
Kind of embarrassing politically these days to be white - so I am pink also. walkingman Friday #2
+1 SheltieLover Friday #18
In the TV series, " Enterprise".... FarPoint Friday #4
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Yes..Star Trek Original... FarPoint Friday #7
While I thought it looked dumb, I certainly got the point! electric_blue68 Friday #11
I was going to mention that. electric_blue68 Friday #10
I think that I'd go with "an attractive pinkish beige", a counterpart to my characterisation of black folk..... FadedMullet Friday #6
Pink or Beige. I've always thought those were better names. MineralMan Friday #8
Beige Mossfern Friday #9
some "white" people have pale "olive" skin maxsolomon Friday #15
A bazillion years ago I was at our NYC's World's Fair at a make up set up.... electric_blue68 Friday #16
My favorite teacher from high-school said that the concept of race bugged him. love_katz Friday #17
Newborn Caucasian children are pink. Most adults outside of too much sun--not so much hlthe2b Friday #19
Pinkish gray here. With a few spots. multigraincracker Friday #20
I hesitate to bring up "Resevoir Dogs" and Steve Buscemi's character's aversion to being "Mr. Pink". FadedMullet Friday #21
Some Black folks call us "pinkie" Iris Friday #22
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