What race are you? - Page 3

Chemical Ollie · August 29, 2003, 20:32

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Originally posted by Oerdin

But Niuger and Nigeria are refrences to the Niger river. Certainly not refrences to that other N-word.

And you don't believe in the co-incidence that both the Niger river and the people of the N-word origins from Africa? Is Niger the aboriginal name of the river or something invented by white imperialists?

Odin · August 29, 2003, 20:57

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Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
Odin, I would believe some of those on your list are rather language groups than genetical races (like Finns and Maygars)

Some ethinic groups corespond with lagueges, some (like European groups) don't. An example is the Askabathian Native Americans, they came a few 1000 years later than the rest (which came before 15,000 years ago).

Oerdin, I read that Thais are genetically similar to Tibetans

GePap · August 29, 2003, 21:58

"Hispanic" is no more a race than "American" is a race.

mrmitchell · August 29, 2003, 22:03

I'm an oppressive racist sexist European-descended American white male.

(There's two extremes on naming "race", you know?)

The Mad Monk · August 29, 2003, 22:08

Half Orc.

Alexander's Horse · August 29, 2003, 22:14

I strongly disapproves of threads like this.

One of the great things about the internet is one is judged on what one says rather than the colour of one's skin.

reds4ever · August 29, 2003, 22:30

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I strongly disapproves of threads like this.

One of the great things about the internet is one is judged on what one says rather than the colour of one's skin.

why would you judge someone on the colour of their skin?

Alexander's Horse · August 29, 2003, 23:08

I think anyone who is interested in someone's colour is suspect for racism.

st_swithin · August 29, 2003, 23:58

I want to make a pilgrimage to the motherland of Caucasia to see the Caucasians frolicking in their native land.

molly bloom · August 30, 2003, 00:14

My melanin quotient is low. My race is human. My nationality British, place of residence Australia, forebears Irish/Norse. I burn easily, like laksas and pho, and swimming with dolphins.

blackice · August 30, 2003, 00:35

Human, Indian, french, welsh, toss in german and irish...

I AM CANADIAN

st_swithin · August 30, 2003, 01:22

Surely you must be either kidding or joshing.

Urban Ranger · August 30, 2003, 02:07

Human checking in.

st_swithin · August 30, 2003, 02:10

Surely you must be dead, Mr. Feynman.

The Mad Monk · August 30, 2003, 02:17

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Originally posted by st_swithin
I want to make a pilgrimage to the motherland of Caucasia to see the Caucasians frolicking in their native land.

Go find LaRusso -- he might be able to help.

st_swithin · August 30, 2003, 02:20

Critical Boston Mass, huh?

Asmodean · August 30, 2003, 07:30

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I think anyone who is interested in someone's colour is suspect for racism.

Hell no. I only got to thinking that every time I thought about an Apolytoner, I had this image in my head of a pale white dude, between 14 and 25 years of age, who drinks too much Coca Cola, and watches South Park. Then I decided that there must be something wrong with this mental image, and set about finding out. I'm not the least racist, and I strongly object to being called one

Asmodean

Az · August 30, 2003, 07:33

AH is a troll, never take him seriously.
nice bump, btw.

Asmodean · August 30, 2003, 07:37

Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't have let him get to me

And thanks for the props

Asmodean

Alexander's Horse · August 30, 2003, 07:56

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Originally posted by Asmodean

I strongly object to being called one

Asmodean

Thread like this put you on my suspect list. Its always the same people who start these threads.

Whaleboy · August 30, 2003, 07:58

All over the place...

White on my mothers side, Jewish (Mesopotamian) -> Hispanic -> Indian on my fathers. At a push, and on my appearance, hispanic.

Az · August 30, 2003, 08:13

dude, Jews aren't mesopotamian. Even the ancient Israelites weren't. There probably were a couple of warlords that came from mesopotamia to control this land, but most of the culture, the language, the ancient alphabete, and whatnot are canaanite.

Whaleboy · August 30, 2003, 08:39

The Jewish "race" as it were, is an offshoot of the Caucasians that developed in the area now Iraq/Iran.

These are the people that became the ancient Israelites. My dads side of the family fought alongside the Muslims (as many Jews did.. ironically) in the middle ages, when expanding accross North Africa and up into the Iberian peninsula, where they remained until the late 1400's when the inquisition kicked out the Jews. Ended up in Portugese port of Goa in India.

Az · August 30, 2003, 08:47

that's very correct, but that happened in a prehistoric era, before the establishment of Jericho. Maybe the biblical story goes back there, MAYBE, but I somehow doubt it.

oh, and Goa?

Whaleboy · August 30, 2003, 08:56

Azazel: If you are taking the Israelites to mean a people in biblical times, then you are correct. I'm talking antropologically (is that a word?

) and a rough guess would be 10'000-15'000 years (circa end of ice age).

Incidentally, there is evidence that the "Noah's Ark" story has its roots in a catestrophic flood caused when the Med flowed into the Black Sea at the end of the last ice age, about that period. Taken literally, that could mean biblical times.

Az · August 30, 2003, 09:00

we're in full agreement on both accounts.

Whaleboy · August 30, 2003, 09:01

When was the last time that happened??

Az · August 30, 2003, 09:04

when discussing libertarianism, of course.

Starchild · August 30, 2003, 09:12

Human. My pigmentation level is quite low.

Boris Godunov · August 30, 2003, 09:13

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Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
And you don't believe in the co-incidence that both the Niger river and the people of the N-word origins from Africa? Is Niger the aboriginal name of the river or something invented by white imperialists?

"Nigger" is a slangy derivative of "Negro." It didn't come into usage until the 18th century.

"Niger" is Latin for "black," of course, but the origins of the name "Niger" for the areas of Africa are thousands of years removed from the word "nigger," and there's certainly no conscious connection.