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I don't understand why one would point out a person's race (unless it's relevant to the situaiton), but since the title did... I cannot fanthom how anyone could call this person "black". If anything, his complexion is similar to what US people call "hispanic" (although to me that's just southern European, not a distinct race).
Annnd they used the whitest photo of him they could find.
You might be surprised, but in the American context numerous people considered "black" for political reasons clearly have microscopic amounts of black admixture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Butterfield https://twitter.com/mayorvincegray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Jealous
The "They're not black enough" argument was the same racist bs they used against Obama. Can we please collectively give it a rest please?
- Your neighborhood pasty white American tech friend
I don't get the title. Does it matter what color the man was? In an article about TBL I also don't expect a title beginning with 'The white man whom ....'
Relevant: http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/2/7/14503144/white-histor...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You might be surprised, but in the American context numerous people considered "black" for political reasons clearly have microscopic amounts of black admixture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Butterfield https://twitter.com/mayorvincegray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Jealous
> You might be surprised, but in the American context numerous people considered "black" for political reasons clearly have microscopic amounts of black admixture. E.g. Mr. Obama, who is actually half-white but considered black by American blacks and whites alike.
I don't understand why one would point out a person's race (unless it's relevant to the situaiton), but since the title did... I cannot fanthom how anyone could call this person "black". If anything, his complexion is similar to what US people call "hispanic" (although to me that's just southern European, not a distinct race).
I don't understand why one would point out a person's race (unless it's relevant to the situaiton), but since the title did... I cannot fanthom how anyone could call this person "black". If anything, his complexion is similar to what US people call "hispanic" (although to me that's just southern European, not a distinct race).
I don't understand why one would point out a person's race (unless it's relevant to the situaiton), but since the title did... I cannot fanthom how anyone could call this person "black". If anything, his complexion is similar to what US people call "hispanic" (although to me that's just southern European, not a distinct race).
2:) That lighting makes his complexion look much lighter.
3:) If they say he's black, i'll take their word for it, skin colour varies significantly.
I don't get the title. Does it matter what color the man was? In an article about TBL I also don't expect a title beginning with 'The white man whom ....'
Why so sexist? Does it matter that it was a man? "The sentient being who invented the first search engine" would have more appropriate.