Is it just based on damned geography? When will people realize white is a phenotype and not a social construct?
2006-10-11 02:31:31 · 9 answers · asked by siciliapalestina 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Its a unneeded label to be honest. Untill people stop trying to label themselves with a color, we will have no rest. Stick with being a, american, englishman, whatever country your from.
2006-10-11 02:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by Arcturus R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because even though it is a phenotype, it has also become a stereotype. People, by nature, segregate themselves. So, even if we all looked exactly alike, there would still be stereotypes based on some other characteristic.
2006-10-11 09:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by Angel Baby 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Assumptions, assumptions, assumptions!
Many people assume that I'm white . . . when I'm in the States. When I tell them that my father is Puerto Rican, they assume that I'm from New York. (stupid) They start to get that confused look when I tell them that my mother is Dutch.
When I'm in England, they assume I'm Canadian, because I sound a touch English. When I'm filling out forms over here, I tick the box that says I'm Caribbean, because both my parents come from Caribbean Islands. But when I do that they assume that I'm black and are really surprised that I'm not when they meet me. (Because in England, they assume that all people from the Caribbean are black, since most immigrants from that part of the world come from Jamaica)
2006-10-11 09:44:58 · answer #3 · answered by Two Spirited 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I ask myself the same thing. I'm Hispanic. My complexion is about the same as the average southern Italian or Greek. I have met Greeks darker than myself, but they're white and I'm not.
It's quite bizarre.
2006-10-11 10:10:07 · answer #4 · answered by karkondrite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you know what social construct is and yet can't write the "Why are some people...." question with proper grammar?
2006-10-11 09:40:32 · answer #5 · answered by ChemGeek 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
is there any "white" people?
i am considered white but if i put my arm next to white paper, well lets just say it is not the same.
what is in a color anyway, aren't our blood all red?
2006-10-11 09:43:38 · answer #6 · answered by sweet - angel 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont understand it either.
2006-10-11 12:26:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why does it matter?
2006-10-11 09:49:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
dats wat i b saying. ise witter than sour cream but n side i is rilly a bruva an ppls always callin me wite, wazup wit dat ?
2006-10-11 09:44:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋