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Post by Springa on Nov 11, 2005 6:29:35 GMT -5
Neither Prince nor Lenny Kravitz look 100% black by any stretch of the imagination. You're probably just saying that because it's a social convetion in some countries that mullatos are considered just "black", which is not true in other countries. Take Lenny or Prince to Nigeria and ask the locals if they look 100% black, I guess you'll geta different answer than if you did that in Kansas or Iowa or something. Here's Prince: Here's Lenny: Here's a bunch of Nigerians: Well, because it is true. 75% white 25% amerind people very often look 100% white, but 50% black 50% white people often look just 100% black (think of lenny kravits or prince), and quadroons usually look quite black too, their traits survive more generations.
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Post by asdf on Nov 11, 2005 6:37:53 GMT -5
Again, you can get 100% white genes (or 100% white phenotypical genes) if you have the right ancestry on both sides, which is either those situations. A first generation 50/50 heterozygous mix though will never come out 100% anything; however, no such mix exists in the US usually, as "blacks" carry large amounts of British Isles d.n.a. 100% black really means nothing in a general context as the term black includes US AAs that are rarely 100% anything. One obvious evidence of this the facial index of blacks in the US. They almost always have thinner faces. This is not typical at all: www.revolution.lv/i/art/5123-50-cent-is-bulletproof-03.jpg
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Post by aroundtheworld on Nov 11, 2005 10:18:27 GMT -5
That isn't really what I meant. You can't get all the genes you need to look 100% European from a heterozygous 50/50 mix, but you might by two parents with the complementary characteristics, even though they're technically less Caucasoid than Rawlings. 2 Mulattoes can produce a "white" child. When it hapened in the past the child was "passed" as white and had to separate from their family.
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