Most Americans today are descendants of European refugees or immigrants, whether from Ireland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland or England. These were people who were never united in the old continent. In the face of adversity, they developed a feeling of unity and created a new country in a strange land. Till that time, Europe was in contact with powerful Asian. Middle eastern and North African empires either for trade or for war. There was no use of the term 'white'. When slaves from Africa started coming in, most of them being very dark, it led to the origin of the word black or '*****' in Spanish by culturally ignorant farmers and slave traders. Over generations, most 'black' people today are light to deep brown skinned, and most 'white' people are pink, light brown or yellow toned. Neither is really black nor really white. Does anyone believe that this incorrect colour based classificiation is primitive and only speaks about cross-cultural ignorance in modern America?
2007-02-24
17:03:02
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