[BMW F22]

I remember this one girl was arguing that they should put all the ethnicities on the application. She was pissed because they didnt have Italian on there and she didnt want to fall under "white". Im just wondering where the heck did Americans all came from??? If they came from Europe arent they white???

[ska///235i]

I dont understand the A or B or W part....shouldn't it be Y, B, W (yellow, black, white)

Jokes aside, we should be label as which part of the world we're from rather than the color of our skin.
Example...Italian, Japanese, German, Chinese...etc ; not...White, Brown, Red, Yellow

[gilbertb11]

Well, I agree with Mark. Any labeling is pretty stupid especially those based on skin collor or physical appearance. Identifying by "where they are from" is called nationality. But again, where does that start. How far back on "where you're from" scale does one go back.

[BMW786]

I remember one of my tutor's in college, he kind of was tan so I thought he might have been Persian or something..When I asked him, he seemed kind of offended, he was like "What, I don't look White to you?!"

but I've noticed that with people of mixed descent tend to overemphasize their "white side." They'll say "I'm half <"other race">, a quarter German, 1/5th Dutch, etc.." right down to the exact percent instead of just saying half-white. hmm, I wonder why...

[BMW786]

Originally Posted by BMWE90

I remember this one girl was arguing that they should put all the ethnicities on the application. She was pissed because they didnt have Italian on there and she didnt want to fall under "white". Im just wondering where the heck did Americans all came from??? If they came from Europe arent they white???

I guess sometimes they just like to identify their country of origin. One of my friend identifies himself as "Romanian.."

[tl_boy]

I can usually tell the difference between eastern europeans, southern, and northern. Romanians can be pretty borderline sometimes, as Macedonians, Albanians, Greeks, Italians. I don't know how they are all considered "white." They are all caucasians, but so are many Middle Easterners and Indians.

Then you have the question of Aryan race-blood. Many Jews are considered white but obviously are not Aryan, they are semitic. You can spot the differences in some Jews, but so much mixing has occured its sometimes difficult. You can actually see the similarities between some jews and arabs, though the jews are usually paler skinned. I don't look at skin color, I look at features. You can have white skin but be an Arab with a hooked nose and black eyes (also found in some romans, possibly a legacy of the Etruscan heritage). Is that person white? I bet a "white person" that was a slave and worked in the hot sun for 20 years would be dark as hell (no not black, but dark).

I agree with other posters on here, the notion of white, brown and black is absurd. you should go by nationality, although in some cases, such as in India or Brazil, that doesn't mean anything with regards to how the person looks.

Originally Posted by BMW786

I guess sometimes they just like to identify their country of origin. One of my friend identifies himself as "Romanian.."

[geeslice]

Originally Posted by mezmeriz3d

im middle eastern(armenian) as well and on my speeding ticket he put down WHT.

btw..does anyone know what the consequences would be for speeding 60 in 35mph zone?

I've done that before but it's up to the cop to charge it as a reckless or not. If your ticket does not say "RECKLESS" and instead says "speeding ____ in a ____" you are cool. It just costs more money because it is for every MPH you were going over the speed limit...

[BMW786]

Originally Posted by tl_boy

I can usually tell the difference between eastern europeans, southern, and northern. Romanians can be pretty borderline sometimes, as Macedonians, Albanians, Greeks, Italians. I don't know how they are all considered "white." They are all caucasians, but so are many Middle Easterners and Indians.

Then you have the question of Aryan race-blood. Many Jews are considered white but obviously are not Aryan, they are semitic. You can spot the differences in some Jews, but so much mixing has occured its sometimes difficult. You can actually see the similarities between some jews and arabs, though the jews are usually paler skinned. I don't look at skin color, I look at features. You can have white skin but be an Arab with a hooked nose and black eyes (also found in some romans, possibly a legacy of the Etruscan heritage). Is that person white? I bet a "white person" that was a slave and worked in the hot sun for 20 years would be dark as hell (no not black, but dark).

I agree with other posters on here, the notion of white, brown and black is absurd. you should go by nationality, although in some cases, such as in India or Brazil, that doesn't mean anything with regards to how the person looks.

Actually, the real "Aryans" were Indo-Europeans who invaded India in the second millenium B.C. Some intermingling of races occurred, and that's why some Northern Indians tend to be lighter-skinned and have sharper features than their South Indian counterparts. The Nazis adapted the "Aryan" term to their own liking but it didn't originate with them...even the swastika is a backwards Hindu symbol.

[tl_boy]

Actually, the borders of "India" back then are not the same as contemporary borders, so the theory of an "invasion" taking place is very doubtful. "India" stretched from past Afghanistan in the West to past Myanmar (Burma) in the East. The Aryans originated somewhere between Iran and NW India from West to East, and Up to Afghanistan and somewhere in the South-Central Asian region to the North. Keep in mind that was all part of Indus/India territory (Hindu-Kush Mountains in Afghanistan is but one evidence of this). The Indus Valley civilization of the northwestern part of the subcontinent was an Aryan civilization. These peoples are the real Aryans because while Germans only rely on one evidence (pottery and earthenware discovered in the River Ode with Swastika's on them), much more evidence supports the "Aryan-ness" of people from Iran, parts of Afghanistan (those that have not been mixed with Semitic Arabian blood), and India (those that have not mixed, which many exist due to the caste system of India). Anyways, Caucasian and "white" and Aryan and "white" are not really interchangeable if you look at it from this historical point of view. Thats why I think the concept race-by-colors is baseless itself. Perhaps the concept of race is baseless too, because everything from body fat, facial/physical features, and skin color (the easiest of them all - simply melanin pigmentation), is relative to the climatic conditions.

Originally Posted by BMW786

Actually, the real "Aryans" were Indo-Europeans who invaded India in the second millenium B.C. Some intermingling of races occurred, and that's why some Northern Indians tend to be lighter-skinned and have sharper features than their South Indian counterparts. The Nazis adapted the "Aryan" term to their own liking but it didn't originate with them...even the swastika is a backwards Hindu symbol.

[shimshimhada]

Koreans were the original Aryans. I read it in the Bible.

[Robin_NL]

Talking about races. Anybody here following Formula 1?

Shim, you ara trivia-alive.com

[BMW786]

Originally Posted by tl_boy

Actually, the borders of "India" back then are not the same as contemporary borders, so the theory of an "invasion" taking place is very doubtful. "India" stretched from past Afghanistan in the West to past Myanmar (Burma) in the East. The Aryans originated somewhere between Iran and NW India from West to East, and Up to Afghanistan and somewhere in the South-Central Asian region to the North. Keep in mind that was all part of Indus/India territory (Hindu-Kush Mountains in Afghanistan is but one evidence of this). The Indus Valley civilization of the northwestern part of the subcontinent was an Aryan civilization. These peoples are the real Aryans because while Germans only rely on one evidence (pottery and earthenware discovered in the River Ode with Swastika's on them), much more evidence supports the "Aryan-ness" of people from Iran, parts of Afghanistan (those that have not been mixed with Semitic Arabian blood), and India (those that have not mixed, which many exist due to the caste system of India). Anyways, Caucasian and "white" and Aryan and "white" are not really interchangeable if you look at it from this historical point of view. Thats why I think the concept race-by-colors is baseless itself. Perhaps the concept of race is baseless too, because everything from body fat, facial/physical features, and skin color (the easiest of them all - simply melanin pigmentation), is relative to the climatic conditions.

how do you know all this? Are you Indian by any chance?

[BMW786]

Originally Posted by shimshimhada

Koreans were the original Aryans. I read it in the Bible.

Any chance you will be changing your signature any time soon? I'm at work when I open these threads sometimes! (during my breaks, of course )

[shimshimhada]

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

Talking about races. Anybody here following Formula 1?

Shim, you ara trivia-alive.com

Kimi got owned in the Malaysian GP, I missed the Australian round though. I just looked up the results for it, and he got in second. I have a feeling Renault is going to win again this year.

[shimshimhada]

Originally Posted by BMW786

Any chance you will be changing your signature any time soon? I'm at work when I open these threads sometimes! (during my breaks, of course )

Actually I am, I'm getting bored of my current sig. In the meantime, you can disable sigs in your user cp.

[BMW786]

Originally Posted by shimshimhada

Actually I am, I'm getting bored of my current sig. In the meantime, you can disable sigs in your user cp.

I want to see people's signatures...I just don't want ppl. to think I'm looking at porn or something when they pass by..

[shimshimhada]

Originally Posted by BMW786

I want to see people's signatures...I just don't want ppl. to think I'm looking at porn or something when they pass by..

Just explain to them what you're looking at then.