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His point is made, though, and it's a good one. This is definitely not simple "racism" as a substantial fraction of Indians are darker than the average African
by temphn 15y ago
His point is made, though, and it's a good one. This is definitely not simple "racism" as a substantial fraction of Indians are darker than the average African American or Hispanic.
- JabavuAdams 15y agoYou're starting from a false premise: racism (in the U.S.) depends only on skin colour. The terms "white" and "black" when applied to race are not objective measures of skin-pigmentation. They're proxies for other traits. They are used differently in different cultures. For instance "black" in the U.S. may not be "black" in Brazil. For example a light-skinned European from Spain would be considered white in the U.S. A person with the same appearance, but from Mexico would be considered Hispanic. In my part of Canada, we generally don't refer to people as Hispanic. They'd just be white or maybe brown. Unless maybe they're poor and don't speak English or French.