Would you pass for white in South Africa (the pencil test)

[Peterski]

Based on the pencil test, are you white?:

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...=1#post4516353

(...) One of the tests they used to determine whether a person was white or not was the infamous "pencil test" where a pencil was inserted into their hair. If the pencil fell out you were considered white, if it stayed behind you weren't white. (...)

[NordicMan]

Stupid test. Meds are not White, but most of them would pass, lol.

[Peterski]

but most of them would pass

Are you sure? They tend to have rather thick hair.

Many of them would be moved into Coloured zones:

(...) Then there were some fully Euro white people whose pencils didn't fall out who were relegated into being Coloureds and moved into Coloured zones. (...)

[Kazimiera]

Let's take it further...

If it fell out you were white.

If it stayed in you were not white. If it fell out when you shook your head you were Coloured. If it didn't fall out when you shook your head you were Black.

[Neon Knight]

What if you're white but you've just got really good balance and the pencil stays there?

[RN97]

Uhmmm......
fackk u!

[NordicMan]

Are you sure? They tend to have rather thick hair.

Many of them would be moved into Coloured zones:

Sure, they have the thickest hair after niggers, but I know most of them would pass as "White" in that stupid test.

[Kazimiera]

Are you sure? They tend to have rather thick hair.

Many of them would be moved into Coloured zones:

This is also the reason why quite a number of Portuguese and Italians were eventually classified as Coloured. I know a Coloured woman who has a fully Italian grandparent. So, how did an Italian person manage to marry a Coloured woman in a country where interracial marriages were illegal? Simple, he was classified as Coloured himself on the basis of his hair texture.

[Kazimiera]

What if you're white but you've just got really good balance and the pencil stays there?

When it came to a matter as important as racial classification in Apartheid South Africa, you made sure there was something wrong with your balance that day.

[NordicMan]

Uhmmm......
fackk u!

Well, you are SSA as well, so colored is the best definition for you.