I mean it's just a skin color, why do they feel superior when they say they're whites? Does skin color give you more force or intelligence?? i don't think so..
2006-11-17 07:25:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
One's race is not just a color, it is the entire genetic makeup of their people. That is why there are literally hundreds of scientifically provable differences between the races. These include bone structure, muscle structure, hair texture, hormonal levels, and average intelligence. This is to be expected because there is over 60,000 years of divergent genetic evolution between the races, and this divergent genetic evolution occurred in very different enviroments. Please educate yourself. Your question makes you sound like a naive politically correct sheep who doesn't understand science or history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence
2006-11-17 08:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by devil's advocate 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i believe that 200 years ago many people did think that way,, but times have changed and along with it people way of thinking did and now is not about the color of a person that makes them great. but rather what they had achieved in life and how the live it and if they are a good person or not as for intelligence that is something you learn while your in school and if you look around you ,, you will see more non whites with degrees , now that maybe because there fore fathers had to fight so hard just so they could be consider equal
2006-11-17 07:46:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure where you live, but all the whities I know don't think they are any better than anyone else. They typically just think everyone should be treated equally. I think people can sometimes mistake what whities are thinking, because some are tired of hearing other groups claim to be victims and expect an upper hand. Why can't we all just be working for what we want and be on level playing fields?
2006-11-17 07:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by straightup 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not "just skin color." Race is loosely correlated with skin color, but if you think that they are one and the same thing, then you are sadly misinformed.
Your race is who your ancestors were, and those others of the present who also descended from them. Your race is the large segment of the hominid population who are your nearest kin.
Most physical and mental capacities, and many behavioral inclinations, are genetically determined and subject only to minor modifications by education and normal social conditioning. Genes are passed from parents to children during reproduction. What is true for all other animals is also true for man: genes make us, and genes limit us.
White people are blessed with an average IQ of 102 and an average brain volume of 1500 cubic centimeters. Asians who have come to live in Western countries have a similar brain size and an average IQ of 104. Mestizos (often miscalled Latinos) have an average IQ of 92 - their average brain volume is unknown to me at present. African Blacks have an average brain volumen of 1350 cubic centimeters and an average IQ of 70. US-resident Blacks, due to a degree of interracial breeding, have a slightly larger brain and a slightly higher average IQ (85) than their African cousins.
Why should a smart race feel superior to one that is less smart? I suppose it's an ungracious attitude to have, but I don't think it's an irrational one. I don't know why nearly everyone assumes that the egalitarian attitude toward race which is common today is more correct, or more moral, than the frankly racist attitudes of the past. Maybe it's our times that are screwed up, instead of theirs.
2006-11-17 07:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't feel superior, but I love being white. I hope you feel the same about your skin color and race. Why do you ask questions you already have the answer to? My current motto is "No more Mr. Nice Guy," but I'm thinking of changing it to "It's great to be a Cracka!" Thanks for you input.
2006-11-17 07:38:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes it's just skin color, various amounts of melanin in the skin
no skin color does not give you more force or intelligence, it only gives you some protection from hazardous sun rays
it's called "white privilege"
-an implied superiority and opportunity
-just because white people are the majority and other ethnicities/races have always been below them in the societal totem pole (i.e. slaves from Africa and the Caribbean Islands; indentured servants from Europe, South America and other places; and Native American-Indians all treated like second-class citizens)
Whites 1st
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.then everyone else tied for 2nd place: Blacks/Africans, Hispanics/South-and Central-Americans, Asians, Native Americans, others...
2006-11-17 07:37:06 · answer #6 · answered by kevzvixen 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It certainly doesn't make you better or smarter than the next person, but I see no problem with being proud of one's heritage no matter what color you are.
2006-11-17 07:29:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Everyone should be proud of their color and ethnic back ground, but no one should think that he/she is any better than anyone else.
2006-11-17 07:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by Max 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
unfortunately most caucasians beleive that....though i dont think so, i have seen some africans too feeling bad abt themselves but this is colonial brainwash to make them beleive they are bad and whites are good.
2006-11-17 11:03:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
look at the achievements of the whites or ask Michael Jackson or his sister
2006-11-17 07:29:23 · answer #10 · answered by froggerty 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋