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Oh dear, a "Slavs aren't white" take.
I don't know about the Slavs, but tbf, the "white" race and the categorisation and conceptualisation of race itself has been arbitrary from the beginning. Not long ago, the Italians and Irish weren't considered white. Who goes where depends on the person making the categorisation. The English despised the Irish and Iberians, so both were lumped together as "Irish Iberian".
...and that's why Pizza is American food!
… and that's why USA is AMERICA.
yep. correct.
why , why would it be desired for slavs to be counted as white?
I mean I'd say any I've met would be puzzled if not angry if you told them they're not white. Probably 100% would be confused about what they are then.
It would probably be "desirable" in the sense that it's mostly the grouping they feel they belong to.