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[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

It is "just" Asian until people are able to decipher the specific groups.

I can tell Chinese from Japanese from Filipino, for example, however many people can not and they end up offending people and sounding ignorant.

right

I'd have to hang out with a ton of Japanese people for a while to be able to tell that are Japanese. I think it works with caucasions and blacks too, though. Could you really tell which country in Europe my ancestors lived in just by looking at me?

[jhujenn]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

I realize it's possible but having never personally seen it...just seemed odd.

Do you have baby pictures to post? I bet your baby's cuter!

I do, but I think it's a little creepy posting pictures on the internet. Yes I do think she is cuter especially since all of her dark is also corkscrew curly!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

Could you really tell which country in Europe my ancestors lived in just by looking at me?

Probably.

But your analogy only works if black people and white people retain those things that make them identifiable within their distinct ethnic and cultural groups.

For instance, I can often detect people of the Africa diaspora who have (especially more immediate) African and Carribean roots based on certain facial features. I can also detect people of Irish, Italian, German and Russian descent. However slavery, immigration and assimilation made it such that many people are unaware of their non-North American roots and/or are not easily identifiable as a distinct ethnic or cultural group.

Asians both American and abroad are more likely to retain distinct physical and cultural attributes.