2006-09-07 03:33:01 · 21 answers · asked by trina 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
LOL Trina! Now i wonder! Although we are known as Eurasians in Europe (Means white) But then ... I was picking up blackberries this afternoon, took too much sun while i was at it so, if i'm a light pinkish colour, face, and front of my legs ... I'm red back of my legs and my arms LOL What does that make me then? But yes you're quite right of course! i really don't know who decided to call us white because we're a variety of colours. Blue when we're cold, green when we're mad, grey, yellow when we're sick and red when we sunburn as i did today!
2006-09-07 05:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm nowhere near pink. I'm just about as white as you can get with a little bit of everything in my hair. The last time I was pink was at the top of the crater on Santorini without any water or suncream in the middle of summer. Pretty painful too.
2006-09-07 10:43:08 · answer #2 · answered by Heather 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah, I am a pinko. there are no actual white people, not even albinos.
What's wierd is that a couple of times in my life I have seen people with blue-black skin. The last time I saw that was many years ago, and what was more amazing is that this woman had triangular nostrils. An amazing looking woman.
2006-09-07 10:40:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the ancient Egyptians started this. They conquered much land and had slaves of many nationalities. Their paintings were primitive, so they couldn't even begin to duplicate flesh tones. By convention, they made people of different races simple colors. Egyptians were red or red-brown. Semites were brown. Negroids were black. Europeans were white. Asians were yellow. When were artists able to mix proper flesh tones? Not until the Baroque period was it fully mastered.
2006-09-07 11:56:39 · answer #4 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the same about black. They aren't black, they are brown. But no one calls them brown.
The same about native american. Surely they don't have a red skin, do they?
I think that's just a stupid way to split people apart, like white and black and red. Strong colors, or the absence of color to show the white supremacy (always a symbol of purity), the black evil (this color is a symbol of mourning in the western society), or the red bloodshed.
I don't care about colors or similarities of colors. Perhaps it's better for you to consider people as people. Inside we're all the same. Same anatomy, same color of the blood.
Cheers.
2006-09-07 10:39:22 · answer #5 · answered by Fenix 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This girl that I worked for was as white as a sheet. She wasn't pink. Come to think of it, I have never seen a pink person.
2006-09-07 10:36:24 · answer #6 · answered by Ha Ha Charade You Are................... 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're right I am pink, but pigs are also pink, so I would appreciate it if you would just call me white.
2006-09-07 19:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
in colonial days white people powdered their faces "white" or pale to distinguish themselves from the sunkissed native Indians. in those days powdered or "white" hair was a sign of wisdom or nobility. it was all a way of showing that you were a social class elite. yeah we all know black people are not black but rather different shades of brown, and asians are yellow etc. this was all a way of showing the different degrees of separation from those what was "white" and what was not.
2006-09-07 11:16:17 · answer #8 · answered by fred m 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God , you're deep! Did you really think this up, or did you copy and paste from one of the countless other, "why are white people called white" questions?
2006-09-07 11:56:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just like "aint" isn't a good English word, so are whites who aren't really white but "pink" as you describe them.
2006-09-07 10:35:38 · answer #10 · answered by Pinolera 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋