I have seen sevral asians having white skin and then too they are'nt considered white why?
2007-01-14 03:28:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
asians are mongoloids, scientifically, and have darker skin than 'white' europeans caucasians, so they are sometimes called yellow, just like indians are red, negros are black, arabs are brown, its just another way of describing them using colour than just the scientific name for them
2007-01-14 03:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
1. there are some pale Asians. that are at least lighter skinned than the Mediterranean and Arabic peoples that are also considered white
2. Russians are considered white, and many of them are also Mongoloid.
3. it's a social construct. in the US a Japanese man tried to be classified as white, as his skin was lighter. but they decided that (pretty much that everyone knew what white meant), which was christian, "Latin" heritage, with wide eyes, etc.
edit: if that case had come up even a decade later, there likely would have been a different ruling
2007-01-14 12:18:40 · answer #2 · answered by smm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This subject has no rules or boundaries. The entire subject of race is not based on any scientific fact. The notion of race is just a way for people to outcast others.
Any man on Earth can and does get with any woman on Earth. Produce healthy children that are fertile. Any human may benefit from donated blood and organs of any other human.
2007-01-14 11:45:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What about Michael Jackson too? He is now white right? Oh yes, and Middle Eastern are caucasian as well aren't they. I've noticed they have the same features as most of us whites and skin color is only slightly darker.
2007-01-14 13:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by Dirty Mutt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do we have to stick a label on everybody, after all we are all PEOPLE and the colour of our skin should be irrelevant. Perhaps as we all mix and mingle with other races, the differences will become less and less.
2007-01-14 11:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by dawleymouse 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
asians are considered yellow because most of them have yellowish skin.
2007-01-14 12:12:11 · answer #6 · answered by ericaofgordon 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i'm a whitey with permanent dark skin, having spent many years in the far east.(blue eyes an all) but nobody considers me coloured.
2007-01-14 11:59:46 · answer #7 · answered by briangimma 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋