Re: [tied] The indo european "race"

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 25000
Date: 2003-08-08

Exu:
>A-hem...at the risk of being politically incorrect,
>[...]Or are you really saying you can't tell a Watusi from a
>Chinese? (Not an adhominem, I really want to know).

Being myself a person of Irish-Swedish decent who is constantly
mistaken for Italian, Greek or Persian, I can attest to the
fact that we REALLY CAN'T TELL! I'm tired of people
like you using stereotypical criteria to guess my nationality.

I have a friend who is part Croatian and part Cree. His
name sounds Japanese and people think he's part Asian
because of his exotic looks -- and they're just as wrong
as they are about me. Another friend of mine looks
'mulatto' with his dark skin and curly hair but in actuality
has some Chinese ancestry -- again, nobody is the wiser.

But I guess us Canadians are more diverse than normal.
And that's what makes us interesting :P


= gLeN

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