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> Frenchmen are not clearly distinct from Germans Really? You think that walking up and trying to talk to one won't make it obvious which is which within abou

> Frenchmen are not clearly distinct from Germans Really? You think that walking up and trying to talk to one won't make it obvious which is which within about 30 seconds? If you really prefer, replace French and Germans with Swedes and Italians. Even the visual appearance there is not that far off from the visual appearance difference between "white" and "black" as the terms were defined in the US in the 19th century. In both cases you can find some people that can "pass" as the other group, but the typical members look quite different.

jimmyk 10y ago
>Really? You think that walking up and trying to talk to one won't make it obvious which is which within about 30 seconds? I'm clearly talking about ethnic Frenchmen and ethnic Germans. I would not be able to tell an ethnic German raised in France from an ethnic Frenchman raised in France. >replace French and Germans with Swedes and Italians. Northern Italians I think you'd have trouble telling from Swedes. Southern Italians can trace a lot of their ancestry back to non-Europeans and so look different.