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To: KirbDog

True - I guess I was thinking there were 3 races - Caucasion, Asian, and Negroid. Are there more than that? Would Indian be considered Asian?


34 posted on 06/25/2007 10:07:45 AM PDT by SoftballMominVA (Never argue with an idiot. He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience)
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To: SoftballMominVA

Yes. British newspapers frequently refer to “Asians” when they are talking about Indians... Strange but true...


36 posted on 06/25/2007 10:36:58 AM PDT by Kaylee Frye
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To: SoftballMominVA
True - I guess I was thinking there were 3 races - Caucasion, Asian, and Negroid. Are there more than that?

A race is a sub-species. To qualify as a race a group must be: 1) Interbreeding. 2) In a geographically distinct area. 3)Physiologically distinct.

By that definition you could make the case that the Amish are a race.

49 posted on 06/25/2007 11:25:10 AM PDT by Dan Evans
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To: SoftballMominVA

Indians are considered caucasian (my husband is from India) but their actual skin color can be a variety of shades. My husband is about as dark as Dennis Haysbert (President David Palmer on 24 and also on those Allstate commercials)http://tinyurl.com/3yvmrm

I never have figured out that whole color-ethnicity quota thing myself. I’m with MLK on the ‘judge someone on who they are, not what they look like’ philosophy.


73 posted on 06/25/2007 1:03:29 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom, Bible Thumper and Proud to be an American! RUN, FRED, RUN!!!)
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