Whiteness ideology makes racial passing unnecessary by legitimizing whitening through mixing

Evidence

At the same time, blanquiamiento/branqueamento undercuts the lure of “passing” so much part of the lore of the United States and to a lesser degree of South Africa. If one can “whiten up,” so to speak, by a mix of intercoursing, cultural and even moral mestizaje – indeed, where “enlightening” mestizaje/mesticagem is projected and promoted as national character, as aspiration – the pull of passing would seem to be largely moot. … Mestizaje/mesticagem, one might say, is passing made more or less legitimate, manageable, more or less livable, envy and resentment, disdain and denial notwithstanding. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1209

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies blanquiamiento/branqueamento and its contrast with US passing culture.
• XREF: connects to: Pressure to pass into whiteness acted on all racialized groups; The prom ritual regulates heteronormativity and white class privilege. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 830