How many races can you clearly distinguish at a glance?
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2022 Dec 1, 2:53pm 732 views 13 comments
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Al_Sharpton_for_President
2022 Dec 1, 2:56pm
Al_Sharpton_for_President
2022 Dec 1, 2:56pm
Hispanic is not a race. The reason some Hispanics look Indian is because they are Indian (Central and South American). And the reason Indians look Asian is because they are originally from Asia.
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Patrick
2022 Dec 1, 2:58pm
Patrick
2022 Dec 1, 2:58pm
Well, Hispanic is a recent amalgamation of American Indians and Spanish. They are distinct enough that you can pretty easily recognize them.
And yes, American Indians are pretty closely related to north Asians from Siberia.
And yes, American Indians are pretty closely related to north Asians from Siberia.
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PeopleUnited
2022 Dec 1, 2:59pm
PeopleUnited
2022 Dec 1, 2:59pm
It is kind of Amazing that there are so many kinds of dogs (selective breeding) and so few kinds of people. Also seems like there are relatively few kinds of horses and cows compared to kinds of dogs.
Genetics is fascinating. And we have only scratched the surface in our understanding of it, and how it interacts with environmental factors towards different outcomes for otherwise nearly identical individuals.
Genetics is fascinating. And we have only scratched the surface in our understanding of it, and how it interacts with environmental factors towards different outcomes for otherwise nearly identical individuals.
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richwicks
2022 Dec 1, 3:05pm
richwicks
2022 Dec 1, 3:05pm
PeopleUnited says
Dogs are beloved pets.
I used to do dog fostering and I adopted two dogs out of 20. Doing rescue, EVERY dog I got was desexed, however, I would have liked to have my two reproduce. I had two awesome dogs. They are our oldest partners in existence in this life. We have had a partnership for 30,000 years.
It is kind of Amazing that there are so many kinds of dogs (selective breeding) and so few kinds of people. Also seems like there are relatively few kinds of horses and cows compared to kinds of dogs.
Dogs are beloved pets.
I used to do dog fostering and I adopted two dogs out of 20. Doing rescue, EVERY dog I got was desexed, however, I would have liked to have my two reproduce. I had two awesome dogs. They are our oldest partners in existence in this life. We have had a partnership for 30,000 years.
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Al_Sharpton_for_President
2022 Dec 1, 3:07pm
Al_Sharpton_for_President
2022 Dec 1, 3:07pm
Patrick says
That gets a little tricky. Is an indigenous person from Guatemala (100% Mayan) who speaks Spanish and practices some elements of Spanish culture Hispanic?
The 50/50's are mestizos, mixed race, white and Indian. If they adopted the black rules, they would be called Indians, irrespective of their white blood.
Well, Hispanic is a recent amalgamation of American Indians and Spanish. They are distinct enough that you can pretty easily recognize them
That gets a little tricky. Is an indigenous person from Guatemala (100% Mayan) who speaks Spanish and practices some elements of Spanish culture Hispanic?
The 50/50's are mestizos, mixed race, white and Indian. If they adopted the black rules, they would be called Indians, irrespective of their white blood.
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Ceffer
2022 Dec 1, 3:29pm
Ceffer
2022 Dec 1, 3:29pm
I am Anunnaki, and you all need to fall down and worship me, or I will fry your asses with the Ark of the Covenant.
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AmericanKulak
2022 Dec 1, 3:36pm
AmericanKulak
2022 Dec 1, 3:36pm
Hispanic isn't a race.
Sammy Sosa is Black. Yet Shakira is White. Vincente Fuchs (now Fox, German immigrants to Ohio who later moved to Mexico) also. Many "Hispanics" are mostly Native American. Yet all are Hispanic?
Sammy Sosa is Black. Yet Shakira is White. Vincente Fuchs (now Fox, German immigrants to Ohio who later moved to Mexico) also. Many "Hispanics" are mostly Native American. Yet all are Hispanic?
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Patrick
2022 Dec 1, 4:05pm
Patrick
2022 Dec 1, 4:05pm
Just saying that a new race was effectively created by the thorough mixing of Spanish and Indian.
There are still Spanish, and there are still Indians, but there a lot of people who are mixed, and it's a thing now.
There are still Spanish, and there are still Indians, but there a lot of people who are mixed, and it's a thing now.
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Tenpoundbass
2022 Dec 1, 9:28pm
Tenpoundbass
2022 Dec 1, 9:28pm
I believe races are traces of the various hominids our ancestors were fucking, from which we are all decedents of.
I don't believe in the out of Africa theory. If anything Africa was isolated from the genepool of the Neandertal and Denisovan that the Eurasians descended from.
I don't believe in the out of Africa theory. If anything Africa was isolated from the genepool of the Neandertal and Denisovan that the Eurasians descended from.
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KgK one
2022 Dec 1, 10:16pm
Body adapts to weather they live in. Survial of fittest for that weather.
Skin tone darker near equator. Lighter skin as you move near poles, to allow some sun obsorbtion.
Small Chinese eyes are cold weather n glare prevention from snow.
Body Hair helps with mosquito area. There are other adaptations to survive mosquitoes in blood type.
Now there is lot of mixing due to travel but if left on its own, people who have best evolution feature survive for local weather.
People built pyramids and mayan and hindo/budhist temples etc thousands of years ago , so they they had great technology at that time also. There are bright minds in all cultures. If people are poor they will spend most of their brain on getting food, but if basic necessaties are fulfilled , lot of creativity comes out.
Skin tone darker near equator. Lighter skin as you move near poles, to allow some sun obsorbtion.
Small Chinese eyes are cold weather n glare prevention from snow.
Body Hair helps with mosquito area. There are other adaptations to survive mosquitoes in blood type.
Now there is lot of mixing due to travel but if left on its own, people who have best evolution feature survive for local weather.
People built pyramids and mayan and hindo/budhist temples etc thousands of years ago , so they they had great technology at that time also. There are bright minds in all cultures. If people are poor they will spend most of their brain on getting food, but if basic necessaties are fulfilled , lot of creativity comes out.
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Al_Sharpton_for_President
2022 Dec 2, 3:59am
Al_Sharpton_for_President
2022 Dec 2, 3:59am
Patrick says
One of the eye-opening essayists on Latin America is Richard Rodriguez. Quite an educated dude, likely the beneficiary of affirmative action. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodriguez). He used to do essays on the PBS Newshour back in the day. I no longer watch this liberal proaganada show.
In a PBS essay on Latin America, he identified as Indian, and described the shame that descendants of the Mayans and other tribes feel about their Indian ancestry. I remember one anecdotal story that he related about how mothers pray that their child will not be dark-skinned before it is born. He believed that the Hispanic moniker allowed these people to hide this shame, to cover up their Indian ancestry, and so he made a point of identifying as Indian as a matter of pride. In this same episode, he visited indigenous Indian tribes who were proud of their ancestry, and who still practiced dances ridiculing the Spanish invaders.
There are still Spanish, and there are still Indians, but there a lot of people who are mixed, and it's a thing now.
One of the eye-opening essayists on Latin America is Richard Rodriguez. Quite an educated dude, likely the beneficiary of affirmative action. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodriguez). He used to do essays on the PBS Newshour back in the day. I no longer watch this liberal proaganada show.
In a PBS essay on Latin America, he identified as Indian, and described the shame that descendants of the Mayans and other tribes feel about their Indian ancestry. I remember one anecdotal story that he related about how mothers pray that their child will not be dark-skinned before it is born. He believed that the Hispanic moniker allowed these people to hide this shame, to cover up their Indian ancestry, and so he made a point of identifying as Indian as a matter of pride. In this same episode, he visited indigenous Indian tribes who were proud of their ancestry, and who still practiced dances ridiculing the Spanish invaders.
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Shaman
2022 Dec 2, 8:21am
Shaman
2022 Dec 2, 8:21am
Mixed people are becoming not only common but practically standard in America. They’re often the most beautiful or exotic appearing people, and usually very healthy due to lack of recessive genes. My kids are mixed Asian and white, and they’re all of those things. Beautiful and smart and healthy and athletic. Giving your kids the best genetic hand possible has got to be helpful for their lifetime success. As much as it’s resented, being physically attractive is a lifetime bonus to nearly everything.
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DD214
2022 Dec 2, 8:45am
Patrick says
In the big scheme of things does it matter now and will it matter 10,20,30 or more years from now ?
KgK one says
Nose shape depending on whether the air has to be heated or cooled before entering the lungs
STEATOPYGIA - With fat deposited heavily in only certain areas of the trunk of the body, limbs are left slim enough to expel heat more efficiently.” This explains why steatopygia is very useful in dry warm climates such as those in Africa, and other places where those of African descent inhabit.
https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/jpierre/history-big-butts
How many races can you clearly distinguish at a glance?
In the big scheme of things does it matter now and will it matter 10,20,30 or more years from now ?
KgK one says
Body adapts to weather they live in. Survial of fittest for that weather.
Nose shape depending on whether the air has to be heated or cooled before entering the lungs
STEATOPYGIA - With fat deposited heavily in only certain areas of the trunk of the body, limbs are left slim enough to expel heat more efficiently.” This explains why steatopygia is very useful in dry warm climates such as those in Africa, and other places where those of African descent inhabit.
https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/jpierre/history-big-butts
white
black
East Asian
East Indian
American Hispanic
Of course there are lots of edge cases. American Indians often look kind of Asian to me, or Hispanic. Hispanic for me means the typical Mexican, which is about half Spanish and half Indian. Someone of German origin from Argentina is not really Hispanic at all.
East Indians look basically like dark white people to me, which makes sense because India is a mix of literally Aryan invaders from the North and the native people who were there before that.
The three corners of the most distant easily distinguished races to me are white, black, and East Asian. So, for example, there is 0% chance I would ever be confused about who is Norwegian, who is from Cameroon, and who is from Japan given three people natively from those countries.
I'm posting this because I was taught in school that "there are no races". That's complete bullshit. Even a $100 genetic test can pin down your racial composition with great accuracy.