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Post by sublime on Feb 27, 2004 15:07:15 GMT -5
hmmm... i think generally east asians (mongloids) are thought of as inferior by other races, i didnt realise they may think they are in actual fact superior.. good point
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Post by Afro on Feb 27, 2004 16:59:53 GMT -5
POLL: why do u think black people stay away from these types of forums? is their disinterest something to do with racial conditioning? do they think they will be thought of as inferior by self-righteous white people? do they themeselves feel that they are inferior in terms of intellectual/cultural development than other races? I wouldn't necessarily say blacks "stay away" from these types of forums, its just not really a subject of interest between most of us. I mean, Anthropology isn't really a "hot topic" is it??? The majority of the population could probably care less. Also, I would say that theres probably a proportionately less number of blacks then whites using the internet.
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Post by sublime on Feb 27, 2004 17:24:38 GMT -5
Just out of interest Afro, would you care to post your pic on the site? I'm a very picture oriented person as anyone who knows me would tell you.
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Post by Afro on Feb 27, 2004 18:46:19 GMT -5
Just out of interest Afro, would you care to post your pic on the site? I'm a very picture oriented person as anyone who knows me would tell you. Sorry man, I would but it turns out that I'm on a 1998 Compaq that has only had one upgrade..a cable modem. No scanner on this puppy.
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Post by AWAR on Feb 27, 2004 21:14:04 GMT -5
Sorry man, I would but it turns out that I'm on a 1998 Compaq that has only had one upgrade..a cable modem. No scanner on this puppy. Did you try that Negroid/Caucasoid calculator Dienekes made? Exactly how much are you interested in anthropology, history and such? Are you fully Negroid, or mixed-ancestry, or perhaps you're some other racial type from Africa ( Ethiopid, Nilotid etc. )
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Post by Afro on Feb 28, 2004 10:06:57 GMT -5
Did you try that Negroid/Caucasoid calculator Dienekes made? Exactly how much are you interested in anthropology, history and such? Are you fully Negroid, or mixed-ancestry, or perhaps you're some other racial type from Africa ( Ethiopid, Nilotid etc. ) Nope I haven't taken that race calculator test, I figured that it would most likely not be accurate. I'm pretty interested in anthropology and history although I haven't thouroughly studied them or anything. They are just interesting subjects imo. I'm African American, so I don't really know much about my ETHNIC backround. But I DO know that I have some American Indian in me, like 1/16'th or something like that, from my moms side of the family. I can't even remember what tribe it was or anything. Also, a long time ago I remember this doctor telling my brother that "we probably had some mediterranean blood in us" because he had some blood disease called Thalisemia (Something like that).
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Post by AWAR on Feb 28, 2004 10:20:11 GMT -5
Nope I haven't taken that race calculator test, I figured that it would most likely not be accurate. If you're interested, we can provide you with links to guide you through the measuring process. Actually, I wasn't talking about ethnic background. It's not a very well known fact, but Africa is a continent with many different races. American Blacks are usually from western Africa, which is a totally different racial region than Eastern Africa. There are Negroids, Ethiopids, Bambutids, Khoi-Sanids. These are not ethnicities or sub-races, but fully different races of people. Thalassemia is usually related with Arabians.
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Post by Artemidoros on Feb 28, 2004 13:59:11 GMT -5
Thalassemia is usually related with Arabians. Actually no. It is a mutation that has been positively selected in areas where malaria was common. It is similar in that sense to sicle cell anaemia but it is found mostly in the eastern Mediterannean and the Middle East. Not in Arabia though.
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Post by AWAR on Feb 28, 2004 15:57:33 GMT -5
Actually no. It is a mutation that has been positively selected in areas where malaria was common. It is similar in that sense to sicle cell anaemia but it is found mostly in the eastern Mediterannean and the Middle East. Not in Arabia though. The source where I read this was probably thinking about Thalassemia being common Arabic Speaking countries, not any specific country.
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Post by Artemidoros on Feb 28, 2004 19:57:53 GMT -5
The source where I read this was probably thinking about Thalassemia being common Arabic Speaking countries, not any specific country. Thalassemia or rather the best known form of it, used to be called Mediterranean Anaemia. There are various forms caused by different mutations all over the world. "I-d. Population Surveys, Beta-Thalassemia Alleles Beta-Thal is present in many populations, but primarily in those where malaria is (or was) an endemic occurrence. In this section, the distribution of the many beta-thal alleles are reviewed in Mediterranean countries (Table III, Table IV, Table V), East European (Table VI) and West European populations (Table VII), North African (Table VIII), Middle Eastern (Table IX, Table IX-a), Lebanese and Israeli populations (Table X), the population of the Indian continent (Table XI-a, Table XI-b), East Asian countries (Table XII), in Chinese (Table XIII), Japanese and Koreans (Table XIV), and finally, in Black Americans and some South American populations (Table XV). A review of all this information indicates that only some 20 alleles account for the great majority of all beta-thal determinants (>80%). Each population has its own major beta-thal types as is indicated in Table II and further detailed in Tables III through XV. The unique distributions of the beta-thal alleles greatly facilitate prenatal diagnosis of beta-thal through the direct determination of specific alleles. Furthermore, this information also explains why beta-thal in some countries (Italy, Greece, China, India, for instance) is usually a serious disorder (no beta-chain synthesis), while in other populations (Blacks from Africa and the United States) mild beta+-thal types prevail. " This table is extremely interesting: globin.cse.psu.edu/html/huisman/thals/tables/table02.html
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