Is Puerto Rican a race or what I'm so confused.?
Ok. I know that I am Puerto Rican, Black, and Egyptian. Thats what my Mom says. But alot of people say Puerto Rican isnt a race, its a nationality. (Idk what they mean) And some people say puerto rican is the same thing as black or something. I am very confused. I was born here in the U.S. too btw. So like can someone explain what puerto rican is?
I'm so confused!! Races!!?
If you study history, you will find that people born from all 4 races have been slaves and have taken slaves. Remember, the Jews (who were white) were once slaves to the Egyptians (who were black and mixed). In addition, there has been all kinds of slavery throughout the history of Asia. Crime is not exclusive to race either. People of all races commit crimes as well. There is no evidence to suggest that being born a certain race dictates your right and wrong behavior. That all depends how you are raised.
Why am I so confused on my race as I am 62% white and 38% black?
“Why am I so confused on my race as I am 62% white and 38% black?”Why am I so confused as to if this is truly a valid issue that someone is currently dealing with?Why do I ask?It has been my experience that usually people of dual (or more) heritage more times than otherwise are usually NOT confused about their so-called “race” or identity. Yes, there are some folks like that, but it's been my experience this is not the norm.These people have made a decision and have chosen sides, OR they've chosen a side - preferring not to become embroiled in the whole “race” debacle/thing altogether. However the point is they've come to it, they’ve decided, made a choice as to who and what they are.I'm almost perfectly half and half, 48% b & 52% wh.-(thunderous applause now)-However, I self-identify as black for numerous reasons. You better believe I'm proud, happy, content….any positive adjective you'd care to use, about my own identity.
Confused between the Apache 200 4V Racing Edition 2.0 and the new Apache 160 4V, which one is better?
If you can afford the 2004V Racing edition, then definitely that with the ABS+Carb Variant. You won’t get ABS + Slipper Clutch combo in that segment or price range anywhere else. I don’t think any other manufacturer will launch a similarly specced bike in that price range till the Mandatory ABS norms come into effect. Though, yes, with the market shifting towards FI engines, TVS’s reluctance to launch an FI+ABS combo is a put off for me personally. But the carb offers very close performance to the FI in all sense, so is fine in this case.The RTR 160 has only one advantage over the 200 which is mileage. But both bikes are good for the money in their respective segments. Other than that, if you love riding, the extra power and torque, with a decent mileage of 35–40 kmpl and life saving ABS, RTR 200 will always be a better option in my opinion.
Is "ethnic" and "race" the same thing?
You're gonna get many different answers depending on who you ask. The way I interpret it is that race refers more to skin color. It's easy to look at a person and say "Hey, that person is black" or "That person is white." Because the color of your skin deals with genetics and such, some will say that race is all about people of a similar history, ancestry, or people within the same division of human beings. Ethnicity, to me at least, has to do with your cultural background. Many of my ancestors (even generations as early as my parents) are of Central American countries. Because of that, I consider myself Hispanic. If you have ancestors from Asian countries, you may consider Asian to be your ethnicity. It is very easy to get confused between race, ethnicity, and even nationality because of the similar "textbook" definitions and crossing lines between all 3 terms. In the long run though, it really depends on the person and how they feel they should identify and present themselves.
Who do people confuse religion with ethnicity/race?
Per Jews, it has to do with matrilineality. You're absolutely right that non-Jewish people born to Jewish mothers are considered de facto Jews by many other Jews. It's an ancient thing meant to guarantee your place in the society...but there are odd exceptions (like mamzers). So it evolved into a communal sort of thing that more or less implied ethnicity. But that is somewhat obsolete in the face of a global Jewish nation that consists of all races. Per Christians (about Muslims), it's plain ignorance. They see non-hispanic brown people and presum "muslim" despite the fact that Christianity originated in present day muslim-majority countries that still have significant non-muslim populations. It's just easier to pretend to know a thing than to bother really learning.
Why do people confuse ethnicity with race?
Blame it on Darwin, among other people.I believe it was Darwin who divided humanity into four or five races: white, yellow, brown, red, and black. (When people say four, they generally exclude red.) By creating a model that only allowed for four choices, this paradigm forced ethnicity to become a subset of race.Recent studies of DNA and country of origin are perhaps more telling than citizenship or nationality. I am undeniably Italian, and undeniably have black genes that entered the family's gene pool from African slaves who were brought to Italy, perhaps 1000 years ago or longer. I don't think this makes me the same "white" as a Swede. The royal Spaniards of the House of Bourbon were probably not the same kind of Hispanic as the people of Guatemala; as Spain conquered and oppressed most of Central and South America, brown skinned people became Hispanic primarily through acts of rape and domination.The introduction of slavery into various island cultures made both Caribbean and Polynesian Islanders Brown-Hispanic-Black-Asian. Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Japanese, and Africans were all used as forced labor in the raising of sugarcane, rice, and pineapple on various islands. So island people are of such a mixed genetic heritage that no one of the "black-white-yellow-brown" choices is appropriate.To the best of my knowledge, ethnicity became confused with race in two different manners. One was the intermarrying of British imperialists with native populations. Rather than admit that an Indian or Arab was not white, they declared these people to be Caucasian, color notwithstanding.The other method of confusing ethnicity with race is the labeling of the Spanish-speaking servants of the conquering Spaniards and Portuguese as Hispanic rather than as brown-skinned people of a different heritage. I don't know to what extent race was the controlling factor rather than language, but I do know that we generally categorize all Spanish-speaking people as Hispanic regardless of their genetic origins.I know this isn't the best answer, and we can hope for a better one, but it's the best one I can give.
I'm confused! Isn't Manu Ginobili from the latino race? But he looks white!?
LATINO IS NOT A RACE! Manu is just like i am. White and from a latin country. Americans usually associate Latinos with being dark skinned because there are a lot of Mexicans in the US and most Mexicans have a dark skin. That's because they are Meztizos (mix between Native and white) But in Argentina, most of the population is White. It's like the United States, Argentina is an immigration country full of Europeans that immigrated to Argentina from around 1850 to the 1900's. We also have blondes, brunettes, red heads, people with freckles, we have people from all over Europe. So please don't associate Latinos with being dark skinned. I hope this clears things up for everyone.
Are people racist because they confuse race with culture?
Are we talking about a historic practice of endogamy within a culture that can go back many centuries? That can count as a “race” since genetic distinctions arise. This is the case within smaller language populations (along with certain distinct castes in the case of India) as well as some Jewish and Amish groups to give some examples. But obviously there are many who abandon those culturess in favor of others.Are we talking about individuals that take on the stereotypical culture of another group that society commonly considers to be a seperate race?If the later, people of any group considered a certain “race” (the mainstream definition given by the USA Census Bureau for a vague example, which is it's self very fluid and at the same time relies on such things as moderrn international borders) can transcend the stereotypical culture of that group, taking on that of another (again, we are speaking in terms of stereotypes.)Yes, if someone assumes a person, at first sight (by that i am referring to physical characteristics people associate with one’s “race”) will speak etc in a way that is associated with the culture associated with the individual’s phenotype, then yes, an argument could resonably be made that the person assuming is racist. Obviously this is a more mild form of racism than the various supremacist ideologies espouse (unless it is done because of said ideologies) and a very large proportion of the mainstream population is probably guilty of doing so. Still, this is an ugly practice which is not far removed from “racial profiling.”
Why do so many confuse culturism with racism?
Because people, in general, seem to always be confused.We yell and scream about things that we know almost nothing about. We protest and fight for things we’ve never seen or experienced.It’s a culture of “first world problems”. We’ve (the U.S.) reached a stage where we’re comfortable enough and happy enough that we almost have to invent things to be outraged by. And the advent of social media has made it so much easier to find things to be incensed about.It used to be if something was terrible you had to tell friends about it. Who would tell other friends and maybe enough people would be talking about it that a news station would find out and air it. Now you could just post it on Facebook and an hour later the entire world is pissed off because your teacher yelled at you for holding an orange wrong.Scientifically we know that there is very little biological difference between the different “races” of humans. Mostly it just skin color. Yes, there are a few differences biologically. Those of African descent are more prone to some diseases than those of European descent and vice versa.But socially? Virtually indistinguishable. It’s not that “white” people act one way and “black” people another. People are basically interchangeable. I’d love to see a study done where they split up two sets of twins. Take a white twin from a white family and switch it with a black twin from a black family. I’m guessing that the newly formed sets of twins would end up very much like each other. As in, the white baby with the black family would act like the black baby. And the black baby with the white family would act like the white baby.