So why white people are called white and black people black...

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#1 wii4panta
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...since the white peoples' skin isnt white.It'sactually a very light brown;and black peoples' is dark brown not black.

Discuss.(and of course this isnt racism or anything :roll: ).

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#2 FragStains
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It's easier to say 'white person' than 'very light brown person'.
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#3 Brainkiller05
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Because some ***** said to another ****** "Yo, what colour is like... teh skin stuffy" and he replied "it are be white"

either that or the guy who was being asked had eye problems : ]

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#4 Lilac_Benjie
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Everyone is just a different shade of gold.
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#5 Rocul
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Everyone is just a different shade of gold.Lilac_Benjie

hahaha that makes for an excellent quote. Kudos to you :D

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#6 ArmoredAshes
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Everyone is just a different shade of gold.Lilac_Benjie

not me...im silver

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#7 Zaeryn
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Easier that way. They're still pretty close to the color, though.
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#8 firebreathing
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...since the white peoples' skin isnt white.It'sactually a very light brown;and black peoples' is dark brown not black.

Discuss.(and of course this isnt racism or anything :roll: ).

wii4panta

i could really care less for these kinds of technicalities. Not everything needs to be exactly perfect.

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#9 deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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It's just the way it happened.
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#10 SolidSnake35
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I'm very pale, so I'm kind of white. :P
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#11 LoG-Sacrament
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says you. i know people that you really could call white.

though really, everybody should carry around one of those paint shade charts from home depot. then you put the chart up to their face to compair and address them accordingly.

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#12 muppet1010
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because its easier to say "white" than very light brown etc etc...

says you. i know people that you really could call white.

though really, everybody should carry around one of those paint shade charts from home depot. then you put the chart up to their face to compair and address them accordingly.

LoG-Sacrament

:|.. Im not saying thats rascist but we are slowly but surely slipping into the realms of "stuff we shouldnt really say"

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#13 LoG-Sacrament
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because its easier to say "white" than very light brown etc etc...[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]

says you. i know people that you really could call white.

though really, everybody should carry around one of those paint shade charts from home depot. then you put the chart up to their face to compair and address them accordingly.

muppet1010

:|.. Im not saying thats rascist but we are slowly but surely slipping into the realms of "stuff we shouldnt really say"

you doubt me now. but the first time somebody calls me eggshell, ill shout "HA! I was right!"

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#14 Aznsilvrboy
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Yellow people aren't yellow either. We dont have to be that technical, as long as it's close.
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#15 NaiKoN9293
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It's easier to say 'white person' than 'very light brown person'.FragStains

win!! lol

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#16 MandingoChief
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I'm going to start writing down "dark mocha caramel" instead of "black" or "African American" when i fill out forms from now on. 8)
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#17 Quadrifoglio
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It's easier to say 'white person' than 'very light brown person'.FragStains

Exactly!

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#18 dgbiker1
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Because before color TV the whole world was in black and white...duh. Just watch an old movie, the white people are white and the black people are black. The world is just in technicolor now so it screwed up the terminology:)
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#20 Patchi
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omg ur so right i never notised!!

:|

kthxbai

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#21 Luminouslight
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Becaus we don't really have a name of people of different skin color in the english language

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#22 dreamdude
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[QUOTE="muppet1010"]because its easier to say "white" than very light brown etc etc...[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]

says you. i know people that you really could call white.

though really, everybody should carry around one of those paint shade charts from home depot. then you put the chart up to their face to compair and address them accordingly.

LoG-Sacrament

:|.. Im not saying thats rascist but we are slowly but surely slipping into the realms of "stuff we shouldnt really say"

you doubt me now. but the first time somebody calls me eggshell, ill shout "HA! I was right!"

:lol:

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#23 branketra
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Lazy mofos, I guess.
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#24 leegar88
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I have actually seen black people who were black (or to dark to be brown) but some have different skintones my cousin is so lightskin he is almost yellow. But I find it easier to call us all people.
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#25 Minder22
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thats just how it is lol

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#26 MassEffector
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I am actually white.
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#27 deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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I have actually seen black people who were black (or to dark to be brown) but some have different skintones my cousin is so lightskin he is almost yellow. But I find it easier to call us all people.leegar88
Agreed.
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#28 FlaminDeath
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cause white and black are much easier than describing their actual color
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#29 jrhawk42
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I'm not going to run around with color sample sheets trying to figure out the proper color term to call you.

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#30 bentleg
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Nobody cares; and those who do are probaly the ones looking for racial problems where there are none.
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#31 Ritard
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Well I think that'd be why we say caucasion and african american. White and black is actually a racist term if you think about it, just nobody cares.
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#32 cell1138
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I'm very pale, so I'm kind of white. :PSolidSnake35
gah you to :?
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#33 bentleg
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Well I think that'd be why we say caucasion and african american. White and black is actually a racist term if you think about it, just nobody cares.Ritard

The only problem is that not all black people are african american there are black people outside of america. What do you think they should be called?

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#34 kort-nilsen
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White is right.
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#35 kort-nilsen
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Btw this thread is retarded, maybe I should make a thread: "Why do people say that the earth is round, when it in fact has an oval shape?"
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#36 leegar88
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Btw this thread is retarded, maybe I should make a thread: "Why do people say that the earth is round, when it in fact has an oval shape?"kort-nilsen

Hmm that actually might be thread worthy JK.

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[QUOTE="kort-nilsen"]Btw this thread is retarded, maybe I should make a thread: "Why do people say that the earth is round, when it in fact has an oval shape?"leegar88

Hmm that actually might be thread worthy JK.

Wth has John Kennedy to do with this thread?

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#38 leegar88
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[QUOTE="leegar88"]

[QUOTE="kort-nilsen"]Btw this thread is retarded, maybe I should make a thread: "Why do people say that the earth is round, when it in fact has an oval shape?"kort-nilsen

Hmm that actually might be thread worthy JK.

Wth has John Kennedy to do with this thread?

it is a quick way to say just kidding.

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#39 kort-nilsen
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[QUOTE="kort-nilsen"][QUOTE="leegar88"]

[QUOTE="kort-nilsen"]Btw this thread is retarded, maybe I should make a thread: "Why do people say that the earth is round, when it in fact has an oval shape?"leegar88

Hmm that actually might be thread worthy JK.

Wth has John Kennedy to do with this thread?

it is a quick way to say just kidding.

I know lol, it was just a bad joke :P

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#40 solidscryer
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Faster way to say white or black I guess.
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#41 leegar88
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[QUOTE="leegar88"][QUOTE="kort-nilsen"][QUOTE="leegar88"]

[QUOTE="kort-nilsen"]Btw this thread is retarded, maybe I should make a thread: "Why do people say that the earth is round, when it in fact has an oval shape?"kort-nilsen

Hmm that actually might be thread worthy JK.

Wth has John Kennedy to do with this thread?

it is a quick way to say just kidding.

I know lol, it was just a bad joke :P

Oh

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#42 DivergeUnify
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Everyone is just a different shade of gold.Lilac_Benjie
awesomeness :P
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#43 Green_Iugana
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because it is easier than being all technical
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#44 Kikouken
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Where I'm from they call asians 'yellow'. Why? I don't know.