What Africa might look like if it had never been colonized

[Type Username Here]

nikka quit trolling. you know damn well arabs aint white, yo ass was in Iraq bussin on iraqis and that wasn't no cac on cac crime.

They are white friend. They are definitely darker than most Europeans and have different facial features but I would by and large assess them as having white or fair skin. I never said they were European.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Doesn't make a difference to me. Seems to bother your gents though.

Maybe you're just trying to say Arabs are white so you can try and convince yourself that you were just over there killing your own kind instead of a bunch of brown folk. I can play that game too.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

What difference does it make? I'm not an Arab and that's what he was.

Jesus was also white.

white power.

 

[Type Username Here]

Maybe you're just trying to say Arabs are white so you can try and convince yourself that you were just over there killing your own kind instead of a bunch of brown folk. I can play that game too.

Why would that make me feel better?

 

[GetInTheTruck]

nikka quit trolling. you know damn well arabs aint white, yo ass was in Iraq bussin on iraqis and that wasn't no cac on cac crime.

real talk I was thinking the same shyt but I aint wanna get into that until he said that stupid shyt about Muhammad.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

They are white friend. They are definitely darker than most Europeans and have different facial features but I would by and large assess them as having white or fair skin. I never said they were European.

wait what. what dictates a white person then cause you just eliminated all the requirements.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

They are white friend. They are definitely darker than most Europeans and have different facial features but I would by and large assess them as having white or fair skin. I never said they were European.

Are Indians who have fair skin white? Should they be considered as different from the rest of Indians and closer to Europeans because of their skin color?

 

[Swagnificent]

How do you distingush by phenotype? What makes a redheaded, freckled European the same white as a blonde, blue eye Swede?

societal/cultural norms

There is no objective reason for racial categories to exist for the exact reason you pointed out. Most people in racial categories don't really look that much alike. The Yoruba, for example, don't look like the Maasai, but both are considered black. Swedes don't look like Italians, but both are considered white. Japs don't look like Indonesians, but both are considered asian.

Race (as we know it) only exists because a few hundreds years ago some Europeans decided to make it. Before that, race (as we know it) didn't exist. People just considered those of the same tribe/clan/ethnic group their race and everyone else was the other. No African ever considered everyone with black skin the same race. Similarly, no European thought everyone with white skin was the same race. The Ancient Greeks were notable for not considering themselves the same race as the northern Germanic tribes.

Race is simply a social construct. Nothing more. And there is no OBJECTIVE justification for it.

 

[Type Username Here]

wait what. what dictates a white person then cause you just eliminated all the requirements.

What makes a redheaded, freckled person the same white as a darker greek or a blonde, blue-eyed Swede?

 

[Type Username Here]

societal/cultural norms

There is no objective reason for racial categories to exist for the exact reason you pointed out. Most people in racial categories don't really all look alike. The Yoruba don't look like the Maasai, but both are considered black. Swedes don't look like Italians, but both are considered white. Japs don't look like Indonesians, but both are considered asian.

Race (as we know it) only exists because a few hundreds years ago some Europeans decided to make it. Before that, race (as we know it) didn't exist. People just considered those of the same tribe/clan/ethnic group their race and everyone else was the other. The Ancient Greeks were notable for not considering themselves the same race as the northern Germanic tribes.

Great answer.

Do you still think they should be considered that even though they are clear differences?

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Why would that make me feel better?

You identify as "white," but it would bother you to be accused of doing the "white mans bidding" in trying to take over non-white lands like Europeans have been doing for centuries. By convincing yourself that Arabs are white you absolve yourself from playing a role in racial aggression against another group of people. "We are all white"

 

[Tommy Knocks]

What makes a redheaded, freckled person the same white as a darker greek or a blonde, blue-eyed Swede?

facial features and haplogroup, all of which arabs do not share, that is what everyone have been saying.

Arabs fall under group J, they have their own haplogroup meanwhile greeks, russians, portuguese all under the R group. what the hell are you doing man. :mjlolz:

 

[Type Username Here]

Are Indians who have fair skin white? Should they be considered as different from the rest of Indians and closer to Europeans because of their skin color?

Aren't you the one always in here getting mad that Indians consider themselves white and try to act like "white people"? I've heard you say that shyt countless times.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Aren't you the one always in here getting mad that Indians consider themselves white and try to act like "white people"? I've heard you say that shyt countless times.

Indians don't consider themselves white. What does that have to do with anything we are talking about though?

I'm asking you if light skinned Indians like Punjabis should be considered white? Yes or no?

 

[Type Username Here]

You identify as "white," but it would bother you to be accused of doing the "white mans bidding" in trying to take over non-white lands like Europeans have been doing for centuries. By convincing yourself that Arabs are white you absolve yourself from playing a role in racial aggression against another group of people. "We are all white"

But I didn't do the white man's bidding because the Arab Gulf states also wanted to Hussain gone? By your definition they are not white. Is that correct?

Trust me, I know you think you're in some way bothering me about my time over there, but you aren't. It hurt your feelings when I say that you are in here for Arabs because you secretly worship them.