If you find yourself reaching for arguments about “multiracial whiteness” to explain why there are non-white people who think and act differently than you’d expect them to, you should at least *consider* the possibility that race can’t explain everything washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
You should also consider that you’re giving way too much power to “whiteness,” which becomes the force behind really everything. Non-whites can’t even make their own mistakes without it somehow deracinating them and actually being the fault of omnipotent whiteness.
It’s so insanely condescending. Non-whites can’t just be islamophobic, xenophobic, intolerant of radical black politics, or just plain stupid. They have to lose their racial/ethnic authenticity and actually become “white” in the process of espousing these views. 
I wrote this in 2017 but if feels much more relevant today: nytimes.com/2017/10/06/opi…
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