Handiman

Nelson, New Zealand

Jan 2018

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Ethnicity

I've been reading so many profiles that say their ethnicity is caucasian or asian etc. I enjoy facts and one fact is that the above mentioned describe a person's race not ethnicity.. Ethnicity involves some form or cultural connection or belief system such as "Spanish" or "Jewish" or English" or Mongolian. There are multiple cultures in Asia so that is not an ethnicity. Most people seem to be confusing Race with Ethnicity. There are in fact only three races of humans on this planet. Negroid, Asian, and Caucasian.

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MimiArt7348●KL, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Jan 20, 2018●15 Blogs●768 Comments

I'm a 3rd generation Malaysian-Chinese. Dad's side - Fuzhounese. Mom's side - Hakka Chinese.

Hmmmm......so what's my ethnicity then?

pat8lanips●babinda, Queensland Australia

Jan 20, 2018●74 Blogs●2,239 Comments

I dont mind it actually.

Kalpataru●somewhere close to, Jakarta Indonesia

Jan 21, 2018●33 Blogs●1,845 Comments

That's an easy question, MiMi..
Your ethnicity is what language you speak.
So right now.. You are English!

Dedovix●Big Place, Central Serbia Serbia

Jan 21, 2018●135 Blogs●1,499 Comments

so, what do you get when you add milk to your coffee?

mollybaby●Cork City, Cork Ireland

Jan 21, 2018●37 Blogs●11,285 Comments

Mimi, Asian sounds easier to say than all that

mollybaby●Cork City, Cork Ireland

Jan 21, 2018●37 Blogs●11,285 Comments

Not having studied ethnicity in detail, because it doesn't really bother me. I was wondering which of those 3 groupings, Inuits would fit into.
Also other aboriginal people's like South American natives.
Are they considered to be Caucasian?

Kalpataru●somewhere close to, Jakarta Indonesia

Jan 21, 2018●33 Blogs●1,845 Comments

But Molly, Asian is not ethnicity, he said.
And MiMi was asking about her ethnicity.

mollybaby●Cork City, Cork Ireland

Jan 21, 2018●37 Blogs●11,285 Comments

Oh yeah, race I meant

Catfoot●Around here, Western Cape South Africa

Jan 21, 2018●616 Blogs●16,678 Comments

An interesting statement and it makes some sense but where do you place the original population of the Americas? Do they default to Asian just because they do not satisfy the criteria of the other two?

Surely they left Asia too long ago to still be Asians.

Pardon my ignorance but it really puzzles me

mollybaby●Cork City, Cork Ireland

Jan 21, 2018●37 Blogs●11,285 Comments

Cat, that was kinda my question too. I don't know where Native Americans, or others, fit it.

My ethnicity and race and everything is very simple as we never strayed very far

The original ancestral home is within an hour's drive away

MimiArt7348●KL, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Jan 21, 2018●15 Blogs●768 Comments

Kal & Molly

I'm half-Irish!

You know it. I know it.

Deedee123x●Limerick, Ireland

Jan 21, 2018●250 Comments

This is confusing to me.

What about hispanic people.

Is the term Hidpanic an ethinicty or race or what

Im confused.

Deedee123x●Limerick, Ireland

Jan 21, 2018●250 Comments

Im still confused lol.

Ah well somethings ur just not meant to get

Bearwoman●Northgate, Ohio USA

Jan 21, 2018●42 Blogs●1,700 Comments

I just see myself as being a Heniz 57 Variety i kid you not.

I'm a mixture of Native American,Irish and Scotish on my father's side and French,Canadian whatever else on my mothers side.I'm pretty that if I searched much deeper I'd most likely come up with more.I see myself of being not absolute.

I'm me that is all i know.

Elegsabiff●Motril-ish, Andalusia Spain

Jan 21, 2018●358 Blogs●9,358 Comments

You'll need to take it up with the web designers. Those are the options offered for answering that question.

mollybaby●Cork City, Cork Ireland

Jan 21, 2018●37 Blogs●11,285 Comments

Mimi, you should state that on your profile so

Kaylana04●Kekava, Riga Latvia

Jan 22, 2018●1 Blogs●8 Comments

Westerners use what's called positive classification: any positive trait grants inclusion.
The other is Dichotomy: black vs white. Positive attributes are not considered.

People use it for religion, ethnicity, etc...
You either are or you aren't.

I think more than one box should be allowed or the question not asked at all.

Cachuchi●unknown, Navarre Spain

Jan 23, 2018●4 Blogs●381 Comments

Race is associated with biology, whereas ethnicity is associated with culture.
So, one race: HUMANS and as many ethnicities as you want.
But those are news so it takes time.
Haven´t you noticed anything moves fast in CS?

stephenbadger●Henderson, West Auckland, Auckland New Zealand

Feb 18, 2018●10 Comments

mmm, well the Irish, Welsh, Scots & Britons are the surviving Celts, who predate the Gauls & Caucasians, hehehe!

Inuits & american natives are asians ...everyone alive outside Africa are kissing cousins, but you knew that didn't you, haha!

jasmine57●huntly, Waikato New Zealand

Feb 18, 2018●1 Blogs

At the end of the day ,whats wrong with being human ,

Bspoken4●My forest, Western Cape South Africa

Feb 19, 2018●7 Blogs●308 Comments

Yep.. Am neither but all..

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