For the same reason that Spaniards and Mediterranean people aren't white.They're not white.
Quote from: DAS r00d d00d B00T on October 17, 2015, 05:36:09 PMFor the same reason that Spaniards and Mediterranean people aren't white.They're not white.oh dasi don't know how we survived when you were banned
This thread is autistic as fuck and does not belong in Serious
Well when you describe someone as white it's not just their colour that matters it's also their racial heritage.
Quote from: gatsby on October 17, 2015, 07:44:38 PMWell when you describe someone as white it's not just their colour that matters it's also their racial heritage. what does this even mean
Quote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 07:59:48 PMQuote from: gatsby on October 17, 2015, 07:44:38 PMWell when you describe someone as white it's not just their colour that matters it's also their racial heritage. what does this even meanonly Europeans and Americans are white Any other folk may be white in regards to their skin tone but they are not white by race
Because white is used as a synonym for western/northern European, which Arabs and Persians are not.
Quote from: gatsby on October 17, 2015, 08:04:29 PMQuote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 07:59:48 PMQuote from: gatsby on October 17, 2015, 07:44:38 PMWell when you describe someone as white it's not just their colour that matters it's also their racial heritage. what does this even meanonly Europeans and Americans are white Any other folk may be white in regards to their skin tone but they are not white by racebruh aint that what race is-a classification of people based on physical phenotypes? for heritage you use ethnicity
Quote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 08:11:52 PMQuote from: gatsby on October 17, 2015, 08:04:29 PMQuote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 07:59:48 PMQuote from: gatsby on October 17, 2015, 07:44:38 PMWell when you describe someone as white it's not just their colour that matters it's also their racial heritage. what does this even meanonly Europeans and Americans are white Any other folk may be white in regards to their skin tone but they are not white by racebruh aint that what race is-a classification of people based on physical phenotypes? for heritage you use ethnicityBy that logic I'm Asian thanks to my black hair and brown eyes, despite being fully British/Irish. It's not the phenotypes that matter, but where they come from.
Quote from: Cadenza on October 17, 2015, 09:46:39 PMQuote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 08:11:52 PMQuote from: gatsby on October 17, 2015, 08:04:29 PMQuote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 07:59:48 PMQuote from: gatsby on October 17, 2015, 07:44:38 PMWell when you describe someone as white it's not just their colour that matters it's also their racial heritage. what does this even meanonly Europeans and Americans are white Any other folk may be white in regards to their skin tone but they are not white by racebruh aint that what race is-a classification of people based on physical phenotypes? for heritage you use ethnicityBy that logic I'm Asian thanks to my black hair and brown eyes, despite being fully British/Irish. It's not the phenotypes that matter, but where they come from.all im saying bro is why even use the term "white" when you're not gonna use it to refer to all people with light skin and an angular facial structure
i mean shit the persian language is part of the same language family as german and icelandic and such
Quote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 05:33:35 PMi mean shit the persian language is part of the same language family as german and icelandic and suchLmao the fuck're you chatting?Persian/Pashto/Kurdish aren't anything close to Germanic languages
Quote from: Cindo on October 17, 2015, 11:56:32 PMQuote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 05:33:35 PMi mean shit the persian language is part of the same language family as german and icelandic and suchLmao the fuck're you chatting?Persian/Pashto/Kurdish aren't anything close to Germanic languagespersian is part of the indo-iranian language family, which in turn is part of the indo-european language familygermanic languages are also part of indo-european, as well as slavic, celtic, italic, greek, albanian, armenian, and indo-aryan languagesdon't even try to argue what language is related to what with me cuz i know my shit
Quote from: Florida Man on October 18, 2015, 12:03:58 AMQuote from: Cindo on October 17, 2015, 11:56:32 PMQuote from: Florida Man on October 17, 2015, 05:33:35 PMi mean shit the persian language is part of the same language family as german and icelandic and suchLmao the fuck're you chatting?Persian/Pashto/Kurdish aren't anything close to Germanic languagespersian is part of the indo-iranian language family, which in turn is part of the indo-european language familygermanic languages are also part of indo-european, as well as slavic, celtic, italic, greek, albanian, armenian, and indo-aryan languagesdon't even try to argue what language is related to what with me cuz i know my shitSaying that two languages are related because they both evolved from the Indo-European language branch is fuckin' stupid, man.Like, yeah, Swedish and Punjabi are more related than Swedish and Japanese, but they're not exactly close by any means whatsoever.That'd be like saying you couldn't date some Norwegian girl because, if you go back about two hundred generations, the two of you are really really really distant cousins.
why do people consider it incorrect to call arabs/persians white
