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RE: A question about race and double standards in Humans
September 23, 2015 at 3:28 pm
For those who still want to reply, I'd like to say I'm using race almost as a synonym to ethnicity as in Europe legislators and legal experts use both words with the same meaning even if it doesn't mean the same - AKA people's physiological characteristics and historical background/culture that make all of us different from one another even if we are all Humans.
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RE: A question about race and double standards in Humans
September 23, 2015 at 3:47 pm
(This post was last modified: September 23, 2015 at 3:48 pm by Regina.)
Race and ethnicity are used interchangeably too much in some cases I think - that's how in America white people who have 100% European ancestry can be regarded as "a minority" just because they have a Spanish surname. Being "mixed white and Puerto Rican" suddenly makes you mixed race.
I tend to think of it as race being to do with physical features and continent of ancestral origin, while ethnicity is your culture. Race is pretty set in stone while there is some flexibility (limited in some cases) for people to assimilate into a different ethnicity.
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RE: A question about race and double standards in Humans
September 23, 2015 at 3:57 pm
Yes, I think so (in reply to OP).
Around here, I can easily see who's of the Nordic descent in the Faroes because we were pretty much isolated for over a thousand years and it shows physiologically. That has nothing to do with racism, it's just what my ancestors (Viking settlers) looked like.
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RE: A question about race and double standards in Humans
September 23, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Thanks, G-C. The thing is, he told us when it was time. All dog owners should know that when your dog's behavior changes there is something wrong. They don't change because they read a book or watched a video.
I know you'll make the right decision with yours.
