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ORIGINAL: Eigenaar

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ORIGINAL: HisBestGirl

I may just be too sensitive in regards to this but I don't like how I am given the option of being 'mixed' or 'other' without the option of clarification. And really, isn't everyone mixed race to some extent?

So I can be 'mixed' or 'other'; both terms seem sort of half-arsed to me.

A white European American can choose ''caucasian'' and an African American can choose ''African American'', no matter if white, black or purple. A native inhabitant of Australia or a Papua or black user in let's say the Netherlands however are not African American, usually. The same counts for let's say Nelson Mandela. They would have to choose ''other''.

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ORIGINAL: Blaakmaan

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ORIGINAL: MargueriteV

Black is a little too close to 'darkie' for a lot of older people.

No other races are commonly refered to by their skin color besides whites and blacks, if you talked to anyone else like that you'd be a racist.

Note: My skin isn't black its a lot of shades, most white people's skin isn't white. Being called by a color that doesn't actually describe you is sorta stupid.

Note: most black/African Americans can't get specific and say "I'm whatever country of family origin American", most other people can.

I don't know anybody old enough to have ever been called "darkie."

Native Americans were called "red men."

Asians were called "yellow."

Whites are whites even though they're not the actual color of white.

We could go by Caucasian and Negroid, but I hardly think that would be an improvement.

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ORIGINAL: rockspider

The coloreds are descendents of labor the Dutch imported in to the Cape province in the same manner as the British imported labor from India. Subsequently they have mixed a lot with the black and white population and their features are mostly black. But their culture is very different from them. Firstly their native language is Afrikaans. Many of their traditions also go back to the Malay heritage. Just as, quite a few still practice the Muslim religion. Incidentally, some of the women in that group are the most beautiful found in southern Africa.

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ORIGINAL: rockspider

Well Rule. I prefer to stick with what really have worked for centuries. Much of it is in reality not correct. Have you ever seen a yellow Chinese? The people we call black are in reality various shades of brown. Us whites is a color I which goes from what I call ivory to lighter shades of brown. Have you ever seen a red Indian? Asian is not a racial term but a geographical. In Asia you got a number of different races. Indians, yellow and Malays plus a few minor ones like the Mongolians. What I really is after, is that they remove that box to tick your race in and replace with a box where you can write what you feel you actually are. That is what makes the most sense. To try and fit racial grouping in to a 5 choice box shows the editor of the list up for being somewhat ignorant.

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ORIGINAL: MargueriteV

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ORIGINAL: Blaakmaan

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ORIGINAL: MargueriteV

Black is a little too close to 'darkie' for a lot of older people.

No other races are commonly refered to by their skin color besides whites and blacks, if you talked to anyone else like that you'd be a racist.

Note: My skin isn't black its a lot of shades, most white people's skin isn't white. Being called by a color that doesn't actually describe you is sorta stupid.

Note: most black/African Americans can't get specific and say "I'm whatever country of family origin American", most other people can.

I don't know anybody old enough to have ever been called "darkie."

Native Americans were called "red men."

Asians were called "yellow."

Whites are whites even though they're not the actual color of white.

We could go by Caucasian and Negroid, but I hardly think that would be an improvement.

My grandmother isn't 60 yet and she was called 'darkie' when she was younger.

Okay you are saying 'were'. If you called an Asian person yellow today how well would that be taken?

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ORIGINAL: rockspider

African American is a term coined by the same nose picking, political correct, hair splitting morons who also invented the term sanitary engineers for good old garbage collectors. Just another term to make it sound “finer”, and add a lot of confusion.

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ORIGINAL: Rule

I propose to call Chinese people Chumps, Japanese people Jumps, Pakistani people Pumps, white people Wumps and black people Bumps. Everybody else we call Everybody Elses. There and thusly!

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ORIGINAL: Eigenaar

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ORIGINAL: rockspider

Well Rule. I prefer to stick with what really have worked for centuries. Much of it is in reality not correct. Have you ever seen a yellow Chinese? The people we call black are in reality various shades of brown. Us whites is a color I which goes from what I call ivory to lighter shades of brown. Have you ever seen a red Indian? Asian is not a racial term but a geographical. In Asia you got a number of different races. Indians, yellow and Malays plus a few minor ones like the Mongolians. What I really is after, is that they remove that box to tick your race in and replace with a box where you can write what you feel you actually are. That is what makes the most sense. To try and fit racial grouping in to a 5 choice box shows the editor of the list up for being somewhat ignorant.

I don't know about Rule but I have seen yellow Asians and us whites also go to black as coal as Indians are considered caucasian.

My earlier reply asks in Afrikaans if you can give examples in images of the beautiful women you mention.

And why do these boxes exist at all, especially when inaccurate? It is incorrect to have them.

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ORIGINAL: Blaakmaan

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ORIGINAL: Rule

I propose to call Chinese people Chumps, Japanese people Jumps, Pakistani people Pumps, white people Wumps and black people Bumps. Everybody else we call Everybody Elses. There and thusly!

Works for me, so long as you fall into one of those groups.

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ORIGINAL: Icarys

From now on I want to be called Anglo-American. White is so racist!

Someone has a politically correct stick up their ass.

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ORIGINAL: SilverMark

Why not just refer to people as they wish to refered to?....As for me....I am a wasp of all waspdom...or otherwise known as AWM....average white Man...could really care less...it is only the color of my skin has little to do with who I am....although it has helped form me as an individual....

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ORIGINAL: Blaakmaan

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ORIGINAL: Eigenaar

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ORIGINAL: rockspider

Well Rule. I prefer to stick with what really have worked for centuries. Much of it is in reality not correct. Have you ever seen a yellow Chinese? The people we call black are in reality various shades of brown. Us whites is a color I which goes from what I call ivory to lighter shades of brown. Have you ever seen a red Indian? Asian is not a racial term but a geographical. In Asia you got a number of different races. Indians, yellow and Malays plus a few minor ones like the Mongolians. What I really is after, is that they remove that box to tick your race in and replace with a box where you can write what you feel you actually are. That is what makes the most sense. To try and fit racial grouping in to a 5 choice box shows the editor of the list up for being somewhat ignorant.

I don't know about Rule but I have seen yellow Asians and us whites also go to black as coal as Indians are considered caucasian.

My earlier reply asks in Afrikaans if you can give examples in images of the beautiful women you mention.

And why do these boxes exist at all, especially when inaccurate? It is incorrect to have them.

How can a box be "incorrect"?
Is it "incorrect" to have gender (male/female) boxes, as well?

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ORIGINAL: Eigenaar

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ORIGINAL: Blaakmaan

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ORIGINAL: Eigenaar

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ORIGINAL: rockspider

Well Rule. I prefer to stick with what really have worked for centuries. Much of it is in reality not correct. Have you ever seen a yellow Chinese? The people we call black are in reality various shades of brown. Us whites is a color I which goes from what I call ivory to lighter shades of brown. Have you ever seen a red Indian? Asian is not a racial term but a geographical. In Asia you got a number of different races. Indians, yellow and Malays plus a few minor ones like the Mongolians. What I really is after, is that they remove that box to tick your race in and replace with a box where you can write what you feel you actually are. That is what makes the most sense. To try and fit racial grouping in to a 5 choice box shows the editor of the list up for being somewhat ignorant.

I don't know about Rule but I have seen yellow Asians and us whites also go to black as coal as Indians are considered caucasian.

My earlier reply asks in Afrikaans if you can give examples in images of the beautiful women you mention.

And why do these boxes exist at all, especially when inaccurate? It is incorrect to have them.

How can a box be "incorrect"?
Is it "incorrect" to have gender (male/female) boxes, as well?

You got I state a box is incorrect? You seriously believe gender boxes are the same as ethnicity boxes? You mean there should also be a box saying what ethnicity one seeks? You remind me of users who asked me if it is wrong to wish for a black partner when one is white when I said it does not make sense for a bisexual sub to get the creeps from a bisexual master.