Now this question is always confusing cos answers are never clear…
What race do we see Adam and Eve as being?..how then didm other races come about?..Say for instance that Adam and Eve were semites how did so many other races come about…
Is it simply due to mutation and evolution that black people and oriental people whose features are completely different from semites come about?..
It may be an ignorant question…but if you know then please tell..
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well race is actually defined by your bone and hair structure. its not really as we see it in society...for instance, biologically speaking there is negroid - black ppl, mongolian - est asian, caucasian - white ppl, and i think native americans have thier own race..whichi don't know. for instance - south asians (indians, paki etc) are considered caucasians - even though we are not white! and would not check the box next to caucasian if asked which race! to social concepts of race are difference then biological! socil is just man-made due to nation-states and cultures etc. I am assuming u want to know why biologically we look different....
i think ultimately it most likely was a climate and environment factor - darwinism maybe. That is the ones most fit for that region survived, b/c you would want to only breed with those who are strong and fit, and if u are white in the middle of an african desert, chances are no one wants you!!! so your species dies out.
i think it also had to do with the changes of the earth's surface, the planets moved and took its people with it. like india used to once be aprt of africa. and now its south asia - i dont know if there were humans on it when the planet moved...but still..my point remains, when the continental surface moved...ppl probably got moved as well. hence the similarites b/t black ppl ans east asian ppl and some native americans, and alaskans etc
so, really i think, considering where they are located, it is true white blondes ould only survive in that region they would not have survived in africa for instance. There are many studies that suggest that the shapes of ppl's nose, eyes, hair and skin color is b/c of hte environment they live in - i.e. on mountains, on flat land, near sun etc.
and then ppl probably mated with others who they knew would be healthy..and survive in that region. and maybe htats why teh different race of ppl in different places.
now though, the fit..the race that can survive anywhere is the white race. now that we are no longer dependant on nature for our survival but other human tecnology...so now, the the colonizers, the powerful european decent, white ppl are the most attractive - i think underneath it all...ths is b/c its a fit race! it is a race that is currently powerful! so if u breed with them chances are u will survive.
thats why i am curious what sort of an effect a predominately brown US will have on world affairs and what we think is attractive! already ppl are getting tans etc. but they say not so far from now, the US will be pre-dominately Latin...so that will be interesting....
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Not all Indians are considered caucasins, only the north indians...the rest of them are dravidians, a separate race altogether...
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^^^ yea, north indians are considered cauacasians, but the south indians are dravidians who are gentically closer related to the austalian aborgines.....
and yea, race in biological terms is considered by the skull, skeleteon, hair fratures etc, but in socio terms, it is considered usually by skin color
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I am talking in terms of biological scientifical terms!! My understanding was there is about 4/5 at most races...and that there wasnt a specific one for indians, so they lumped them with caucasian!
i understand maybe as per scial sciences drividian is a race, but i dont think biology scientists carve out a seperate drividian race!!! i am pretty sure about this. i think you are wrong!
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even religion tells us that we are divided in diff races to get to know ourselves better.
so, race is clearly a thing that ought to be taken positively.
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Do you get angry when people call you an African?
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So whats the original race?
Re: Where does 'race' come from?...
Genetic Mutations - Natural Selection - Survival Of The Fittest
That's what I heard.
I personally see races as different branches of the same Adam family.
I'm not a racialist, I've met Negro-Supremists and Aryan-Supremists and I'm not one to hate people but I despise those mindless twats, they've invented fake ideologies for themselves and think it's some sacred cause to preserve their not-so-special genetic makeup, wake up man there's nothing special about being pure white or pure black, what so cool about having a pale pancake face? or rubber lips or for my Pakis a over sized pakora nose? I'm not being racist but my point is you get mingers and fit people in every race and by mixing toegther we'll most likely bring out the best in humanity.
I say mongrels are fitter than their parent races in terms of look and much healthier so everyone should just shag each other and have a great big orgy so that the world becomes one happy place, only kiddin' about the orgy.
Race should be irrelevant in this day and age, humanity is one race which comes in different shapes, colors and sizes before everything else, it shouldn't even be mentioned on passports and documents and shyt.
Religion and ethnicity/nationality are different because they're determined by our own free choice to believe something as is the case with religion/ideoelogy, or in the case of nationality/ethnicity live in a certain geogrpahical location and practice its culture (language, traditions, arts, cuisine, dress).