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Post by buddyrydell on Jan 1, 2005 2:48:57 GMT -5
I have to agree with what Rocky said, including his take on distinguishing the different subraces of European-Americans. Because of the mixed ancestry of most European-Americans, features are pretty much blended. Of course, it should also be noted that certain subraces are more represented in certain parts of the U.S. (e.g. Dinarics, Meds in the Northeast).
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Post by Gus Morea on Jan 1, 2005 22:09:24 GMT -5
Don't know if they're the worst, but Americans (all of them, not just White) are pretty bad at this. East Indians, Arabs, and Filipinos seem to bear the brunt of this. If you're EI, for instance, you can be anything here simply by careful clothing selection. There are tons of Hispanics where I live, and I see Filipino people getting addressed in Spanish all the time. "Senior! Senior! [blah blah....]" Who you think are the worst in guessing nationalities? After my experience I can say English people, many of them cant tell between chinese/japanese or south european (if very tanned but still very european traits) /middle eastern..etc I find it a very interesting topic, I m looking forward to see your opinions/experiences.
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Post by Gus Morea on Jan 1, 2005 22:26:51 GMT -5
Of course, it should also be noted that certain subraces are more represented in certain parts of the U.S. (e.g. Dinarics, Meds in the Northeast). Of all the Americans I've met, people from New York get my Best Ethnicity Guess medal for best/closest guesses of my ethnicity. Even if they didn't guess, they asked what I was right away (out of politeness I guess, but I could tell they were expecting the answer I gave them). Maybe I should just move there. I'd feel more at home. LOL
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Post by Fleurs on Jan 1, 2005 22:39:30 GMT -5
I have experiences just with europeans, and I can say mediterraneans expecialy from islands are the best in guessing nationalities, and slavic people are better then north european as well to distinguish people I think.
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Post by buddyrydell on Jan 1, 2005 23:55:44 GMT -5
Of all the Americans I've met, people from New York get my Best Ethnicity Guess medal for best/closest guesses of my ethnicity. Even if they didn't guess, they asked what I was right away (out of politeness I guess, but I could tell they were expecting the answer I gave them). Maybe I should just move there. I'd feel more at home. LOL Yeah I've also noticed this too. As far as Americans go, New Yorkers seem to be much better at guessing ethnicity, probably because they have such a wide range of ethnicities living there. Most of the New Yorkers I've met were also pretty good about guessing what I was.
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Post by Evan1211 on Jan 2, 2005 15:49:12 GMT -5
True. In a diverse community, people can recognize ethnicity better. Its due, in part, to neighborhoods that different ehtnicities live in. My whole family is from Baltimore, Maryland, and there were different neighborhoods for Italians, Irish, Greek, Polish, etc. Pretty neat stuff actually. My family was from the Italian-Irish sector. In the country, where most people are German- ScotchIrish- English mixes, it is harder for them to detect what ethnicities a different looking person has, even if it is close to theirs.
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