Do Halsey and Zayn fall under the same white privilege as Taylor, Justin T, Justin B etc (any white artist) or do they fall under the POC oppression as in Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Brandy, etc...

In appearance they are "white" like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber but they consist of being POC like Nicki Minaj, Brandy, etc

Zayn in no way looks white so no, Halsey does though so she does.

Zayn doesn't look white and has faced racism/islamophobia.

Well, considering Zayn has been called a terrorist on multiple occasions....

Zayn has faced lots of islamophobia and such, so no, definitely not

Zayn is interpreted as a POC by everyone so no.

Halsey on the other hand is read as white most of the time just because of how light her skin is, although one could argue that her facial features are atypical of a Caucasian person.

Halsey does Zayn doesnt

Zayn is obviously not European by ethnicity, but Halsey looks totally white to me.

this. zayn no

but though Halsey is a poc she may have White-passing privilege

How bout Halsey since she is black? But resembles a white girl

This is what you think about in your spare time?

I don't think the GP even knows that Halsey is half black

But wait why is this reported? It's a legit and interesting question

Halsey is proof that racism is over and Zayn is proof that Islamophobia is over.

Race is very important to me

Zayn doesn't look even remotely white, and the GP can see it easily, so no. Halsey, yes. She may be half black but she's white-passing. No one would ever know Halsey wasn't fully white if the info wasn't presented to them.

girl what?

Halsey is African-American and Zayn is Asian
So POC for both