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

[vespertinev]

I never understood his appeal

[nametags]

Let’s keep a tally of how many people here on ONTD didn’t know either.

Or that Joe Biden’s senate campaign is how Pete’s parents met and that’s why there’s a photo of Biden holding Pete as a toddler

[hazypink]

Uh WHAT @ that second part

[nametags]

Yup! That first photo where his mom is in the red top? That’s Joe holding him and not his dad

[u_chai]

and suddenly... it feels uncomfy seeing the dude's arm/elbow resting on Pete's mom's chest...

[leomonade]

hold on wait a min-

[eldvno]

I am always convinced people just aren't paying attention if they don't know Pete is black. But the tweets are still funny.

[weighty_ghost]

That is true, I paid little attention (I was more of a Linkin Park faux-emo kid than a Fall Out Boy emo kid)

[eldvno]

Those were the days!

Ngl, every once in a while I want to jam out to some nu metal for a bit. There is something weirdly cathartic about it. Apparently it's making a comeback, too. Idk how I feel about that.

[black_swan87]

I just found out a few weeks ago that Rebecca Hall is a quarter black

[kels]

Rebecca Hall is 1/8th black at most. This article quotes her as saying that her mother's father was "half Native American Sioux Indian and half black of some unknown origin."

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jun/12/rebecca-hall-interview

[dirtyxboots]

iirc she's directing a film about passing, which could be quite interesting. i've never heard her really talk about her black ancestry...