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Post by Funky Kong on Oct 5, 2005 11:56:01 GMT -5
Yeah, Sudan and Mauretania are Arab countries, but Somalis, Djiboutis and Comorians don't speak Arabic as their first language but are members of the Arab League anyway for some reason. There are Arabic speaking minorities in many black African countries, but i bet those Arabs are all black too.
The fact that you don't even have to speak Arabic or be a descendant of Arabs to be considered an Arab country just shows how meaningless the term Arab is today.
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Post by asdf on Oct 5, 2005 16:04:49 GMT -5
Most Arabs are Caucasoid, sure some have sub-Saharan admixture but most are clearly Caucasoid. As has been stated several times, one need not look Scandinavian to be Caucasoid! This is a concept that's surprisingly hard to grasp sometimes, perhaps more frequently among some Americans who believe that northern Europeans are the only true "whites." This is absurd. If you compare the average Arab with both a sub-Saharan African and a European, the Arab resembles the European far more closely. Also keep in mind that the sun shines brightly in the Middle East, thus people very often appear much darker-skinned than they actually are. The best thing to do would be to have a look at an Arab who works indoors. These two men happen to be on the oppososite side of the spectrum from Northern Europeans(Chertoff, not Bush). Sure, being under the europoid umbrella they're closer to a Norweigan than anyone native to SSA. That even relevant though?
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Post by buddy on Oct 5, 2005 16:20:24 GMT -5
Two excellent examples of typical Middle Easterners. Is the top guy Saudi? I forget his name. Chertoff has that look that is quite characteristic of many Jews who have preserved their ancient Levantine traits (since some Ashkenazi Jews look more European).
I also realize that "Arab" is more of a cultural/linguistic term nowadays, however most people who qualify as Arabs are Caucasoid, including the original true Arabs, the Saudi Bedouins.
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Post by asdf on Oct 5, 2005 19:47:21 GMT -5
The man in the first picture is the Saudi Prince Abdulla. Chertoff is basically central-armenid, isn't he?
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