are you a racist?

[Anna]

Originally Posted by Frieda

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every word is a made up word

i'm trying to grasp the USA concept of racial distinction

just wondering to which group the people that live in pakistan/india belong to, as well as north africans..

to be honest, i don't understand this system at all, what's it's purpose anyway? why would you want to register someone's race?

Could ask Heckle or Darwin I guess.

Historically there were 4 races red yellow white black (those German scientists always classifying stuff)

Then in the 1970s cultural socialists added Hispanic which would be Spanish Indian - red brown people from the East Islands, Central and South American Native as opposed to Spanish European, white people who invaded those regions.

Another sub-category would be Asian Islanders like Hawaiians and Spanish Asian Islanders like Philippinos.

Where ever Europeans landed a boat and mated with the locals you'll find a distinction.

Native Americans/Canadian and Inuit, formally Eskimos, would depend on the tribe and date of arrival.

Now they pretty much use the classification of race in the US to keep track of the equality of employment, education, housing and more recently medical information. One big giant melting pot! Some people think everyone should have an equal share in what's cooking in the pot and since the European migration, starting with Columbus that eventually formed the US of A only white Europeans were considered human beings; surprisingly some people still feel that way, on both sides. Long history of working that one out. Race still hold weight when it comes to the treatment of people in the US and the world, but it is also used as a political tool. Right or wrong depends on the situation.

The Middle East aka Near East, is a mish mosh of Indian Chinese Persians (aka Iranians) Turks (which is a mix of a mix) and North Africans (which is a mix of a mix of a mix) - most middle easterners after the fall of/migrations from Mesopotamia were nomads or settled elsewhere (becoming mixes), until they discovered oil. Then everyone started sitting down where they stood and calling themselves something or other. Like the family or Saudi tribe - they named the place where they sat after themselves.