Guess the Whiteness!

[Novaya Havoc]

American white people are so difficult to peg down to their ethnic origins in comics. We can always tell Moonstar is a Native American because she's conveniently drawn with feathers in her hair. Sunspot will usually interject random ã-containing words into his speech. Storm is always an African GODDESS! And Pixie is disgusting and Welsh.

And let us not speak of the DA! TOVARISCH! clan.

SO. What about the whitest of the white X-Men? White people love to divide their heritage into fractions. "I'm 1/2 German, 1/8th Greek, 1/17th Danish, 1/3rd Russian, and 1/6th Armenian! I also fail 117% at adding up fractions!"

So where is the origin of Jean Grey's ginger hair?
How did the Dazzler end up with the very French name of "Alison"?
Is "Emma Frost" simply a filthy Latvian with a Finnish twist?

Explore the X-Men's varying degrees of whiteness! What is the whiteness origin of your favorite white character?!

[eurazn]

Wow. The O5 is heavily represented here. It's nice to also see tha Emma is worthy of joining the rank and file.

As for Northstar ... LOL! So true ...

[Novaya Havoc]

I believe Jean Grey is English and Dutch from a liberal Presbyterian household.

[Bingo!]

This thread indicates a high blood-caffeine ratio of the original poster.

I'll play and guess that all of the above are equally 1/7th Gabonese.

[Slung]

Wow. The O5 is heavily represented here. It's nice to also see tha Emma is worthy of joining the rank and file.

As for Northstar ... LOL! So true ...

I'm wondering how Bobby didn't make this list. The guy has that blonde in the summer, mousy brunette in the winter hair.

And Sage is albino - how much more white can one get?

And Rogue is Southern White! Thats the most white one can get!

I think the blondes should get extra points for their whiteness!

[Slung]

I believe Jean Grey is English and Dutch from a liberal Presbyterian household.

This makes a lot of sense - I've heard that she is 1/75th Native American.

[Psy J]

Well, Northstar is not white. He's half elf and a quarter Chinese.

Emma totally sleeps with black guys.

Dazzler had an ethnic best friend.

I'm gonna go with Cyclops. He definitely fears non-WASPs.

[Seres]

Monet has a French passport, and likes to go shopping with her ginger friend Siryn. Is she an honourary white?

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[Bingo!]

Well, Northstar is not white. He's half elf and a quarter Chinese.

Emma totally sleeps with black guys.

Dazzler had an ethnic best friend.

I'm gonna go with Cyclops. He definitely fears non-WASPs.

What's Jean-Paul's other fourth?

[Prodigy55]

Northstar is soooooooooo white.
He has absolutely no non-white ethnicity in his blood.

[Bingo!]

Northstar is soooooooooo white.
He has absolutely no non-white ethnicity in his blood.

French Canadians are considered dark meat up North.

[Seikun21]

Well, Northstar is not white. He's half elf and a quarter Chinese.

I always thought he looked a little asian. Cool.

[Prodigy55]

French Canadians are considered dark meat up North.

Because they have some culture and can't be from the rest of plain jane Canada.
However, their whiteness is obvious.

[darknessatnoon]

I wish this movie (http://www.amazon.com/History-People-America-Eileen-Brennan/dp/630018479X) were on DVD. Then I'd have some basis to make judgments. It's been too long since I really looked into whiteness.

[MartinRedmond]

Alot of black people speak perfect french, actually. If not better than us here up North.


Monet has a French passport, and likes to go shopping with her ginger friend Siryn. Is she an honourary white?


If she's from Morocco, she should. (Though I've only known cool Moroccans. One of my co workers went to help there for a charity and she couldn't do anything because she got lapidated everywhere for being a woman. So, ladies, beware.)

[MartinRedmond]

Jean Grey is a Leprechaun.

[justinkos91]

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I like her shoes and belt

[worstblogever]

This was hard. Like comparing mayonaisse and Miracle Whip.

[TJKernan]

yes, this was my toughest decision of the day...

then, I ate a jar of marshmellow on soft white Hostess bread, and everything felt sooooooooooooooooooooo much better!!!

[Novaya Havoc]

I believe that Cyclops is 90% German with a Gallic twist. He was also raised by Baptists.

This is evidenced by his last name, Summers, which derives from his German ancestors' name -- Sömmer -- which derived from their love of Midsömmerfest.

[Flâneur]

I believe that Jubilee is 4/6ths Irish with a dollop of banana smoothie in her coffee.

[Raptor]

All good choices.

I think The Guthries needed included.

White folks from the hills of Cumberland, Kentucky. Thats pretty white.

[Gilda Dent]

I voted for all of them. Why? Because I could.

For my "other" choice, I choose, oh, let's say Moe.

[The Black Guardian]

I believe that Cyclops is 90% German with a Gallic twist. He was also raised by Baptists.

This is evidenced by his last name, Summers, which derives from his German ancestors' name -- Sömmer -- which derived from their love of Midsömmerfest.
Summers isn't even his ancestors' real name. It's a name they took when they moved the US.

[MarvelGirlBoy]

Summers isn't even his ancestors' real name. It's a name they took when they moved the US.

Is Scott a closet Jew?

[worstblogever]

Is Scott a closet Jew?

I think he's eaten a hot dog. Not kosher. Ever. So no.

[timbox]

BISHOP! Psychopathic, mass murdering baby killer is a white trait.

[Excelsior]

Silly rabbit, the whitest X-man is Darwin.

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His evolutionary mutation demands his survival. How?/ By making his skin lily white. Thus making it least likely he will die during a random minority purge.

M also gets props for having this mutation.

[timbox]

White by mutation, that will confuse the bigots.

[Excelsior]

White by mutation, that will confuse the bigots.

It would certainly render The N' word allegory mute. (See Kitty Pryde)

For Serious, I would have to say The Pheonix force is the whitest X-man/woman ever...I mean its pure light.

[Shyft]

Gotsa be Northstar. and love him for it. Although Warren is definately in with a shout! The fact that he is now Blue and "Death" could count as being Emo too, which is pretty white/

[ExodusCloak]

Monet has a French passport, and likes to go shopping with her ginger friend Siryn. Is she an honourary white?
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Sigh* her father changes from being black and white and is from Monaco IRRC and her mother Algerian.
She's not white. You get brown people too you know.

[timbox]

Sigh* her father changes from being black and white and is from Monaco IRRC and her mother Algerian.
She's not white. You get brown people too you know.

Allow me to translate.

honourary = honorary

[ExodusCloak]

Allow me to translate.

honourary = honorary

I see. Proceed.

Mr. Sinister wins...he's English.

[End of Time]

SO. What about the whitest of the white X-Men? White people love to divide their heritage into fractions. "I'm 1/2 German, 1/8th Greek, 1/17th Danish, 1/3rd Russian, and 1/6th Armenian! I also fail 117% at adding up fractions!"

Only American white people do that... it's a colonial thing.

So where is the origin of Jean Grey's ginger hair?

Inbreeding.

How did the Dazzler end up with the very French name of "Alison"?

I reckon she's got the French in her veins, which explains why she ran off to mojoworld...

Is "Emma Frost" simply a filthy Latvian with a Finnish twist?

Emma Frost is pretty white, but she's wannabe white. She's not really a blonde, she's not really a brit, and that's not her real nose... she's just faking it. Let's face it, she used to be a black man named Michael Jackson.

Explore the X-Men's varying degrees of whiteness! What is the whiteness origin of your favorite white character?!

How about Rogue, she's Southern trailer trash, that means she's the embodiement of American whiteness, plus the fact that she's not the sharpest tool in the shed, and has everything but a stable personality... she's the Britney Spears of the X-men... the only thing missing from the equation is an underaged pregnant sister.

[ExodusCloak]

Only American white people do that... it's a colonial thing.

70% of the characters mentioned here are part Irish as their great, great, great grandfather once had a drink in a pub in Dublin once.

[jarrod]

It's really a toss up between Scott and Warren. Novaya, I cannot believe you forgot Project S.A.G.E.!?!

[alf_to_the_rescue]

I would assume they are all at least 1/32 Irish.

[Novaya Havoc]

It's really a toss up between Scott and Warren. Novaya, I cannot believe you forgot Project S.A.G.E.!?!

Sage is not traditionally white. Besides: she was sold to a harem once. She escaped.

[jarrod]

Sage is not traditionally white. Besides: she was sold to a harem once. She escaped.
White girls are the only ones who ever escape sex slavery. Don't you watch MSNBC?

[caney]

Banshee is as white as a dead man can be.

[MartinRedmond]

I thought Sage was Afghan. I admit I'm a bad Sage fan. I only mildly like her.

[jarrod]

I thought Sage was Afghan. I admit I'm a bad Sage fan. I only mildly like her.
She's also of Welsh descent. Plus she's albino goth.

[Pro]

White people love to divide their heritage into fractions

Wrong. American white people love to divide their heritage in fractions.
The rest of the world doesn't suffer from this obsession with heritage as much.

[jarrod]

Wrong. American white people love to divide their heritage in fractions.
The rest of the world doesn't suffer from this obsession with heritage.
Have you been to the Bishop thread?

[B. Kuwanger]

WOW. Most of the O5 plus Emma. Throw in Thor, Steve Rogers, and Hank Hill, and you have the whitest characters in modern fiction.

From this list, though, I'd say the whitest comes down to a tie between Emma, Scott, and Warren. Though Scott and Warren are super white in a cool way, while Emma fakes a damn accent and goes on about her breeding.

[Pro]

Have you been to the Bishop thread?

Have you been to the rest of the world?

[jarrod]

Have you been to the rest of the world?
Have you? You seem to be speaking from a position of experience?

[Shyft]

Wrong. American white people love to divide their heritage in fractions.
The rest of the world doesn't suffer from this obsession with heritage as much.

Thats...just not true. Im British, but my mother is Greek and i have an Irish branch from 2 Great Grandparents. I have a very multicultural group of friends, only one of whom is straight-up English, and we all take various levels of pride in our various heritages. To say only white American's like to talk about their fractions (and why is that a bad thing anyway?) is ridiculous.

[Optic Rage!]

Eh, i guess it depends on the person?

[MartinRedmond]

Wrong. American white people love to divide their heritage in fractions.
The rest of the world doesn't suffer from this obsession with heritage as much.

Oh right, as if. Rwanda is a haven of love and understanding.

[Leirus]

Eh, i guess it depends on the person?

Yes, but is more typical in americans

Have I mentioned that I am a 10% Jew and another 10% Russian? lol

[Leirus]

Oh right, as if. Rwanda is a haven of love and understanding.

Lol, what he means is that usually in Europe we do not quite know or care about those percentages, because most of us come from families who have been living in the same place/country for generations and generations... at a maximum, we may have an exotic soldier from the great wars, or family coming from "the country" to "the city"... but that american trait is not something bad. If I were american, I would also feel curiosity about where my family comes from...