Pete Wentz is trending because Twitter is reminded that he's half black

[babarsuhail]

people forget that pete wentz is half black and that fall out boy has always been anti-racism and pro-lgbtq plus they showed kaepernick kneeling at their shows https://t.co/Yu4eIrNu0Y
- chance (@chanceharbour) June 9, 2020
It started when Fall Out Boy announced on their Twitter (above) that they are donating $100K to BLM causes

Comments

[elvasle]

NGL I've listened to FOB for decades and never knew this.

[g_lovesbb]

Same

[winterbam]

Hard same.

[m14mouse]

the same.

My brother and I were going to see them in concert this year. :(

Luckily, it is postponed and not canceled. So, we are hoping for a new date.

[elderpricely]

Pete and Andy also used to be in a band called Racetraitor that put out an album called Burn the Idol of the White Messiah.

[kris_terror]

Yup, I was coming in just to add this.

[bellwetherr]

thats why he went viral lmao, someone made a post about racetraitor

[moddchicc]

Literally had no idea

[nomoneyfun]

One drop Twitter makes Pete Wentz trend every couple of years over this. Like, aren't y'all tiredt???

[black_swan87]

I hate the concept of the one drop tule so much

[nomoneyfun]

Right? Like, it has a deeply racist history and is currently used to assert that people with Black ancestry are Black, which simply aids in the erasure dark-skin Black people. Really ugly.

[black_swan87]

And there’s never any pressure on white people to accept a black person with a “drop” of white ancestry either, it’s bullshit

[ichigomilkshake]

I... had no idea about Pete Wentz.

Last time I had such a reaction was when I was little, wondering why Mariah Carey was singing at the BET awards and my mom told me that she was half-black.

[vespertinev]

I had never thought about Mariah being biracial until it was pointed out to me.

[alienjive]

That's so bizarre because I have always seen Mariah as a Black woman since I was like....five years old??????

[elvasle]

Same. I don't see how anyone can look at Mariah Carey and think she's some exotic white woman who happens to have very, very curly hair.