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[One Humanity]

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[Faelcind]

No offense Gareth but I am not sure what the usefullness of that rather clearly rascist tract is. Its hard for me to take an author seriously when he takes of one race as primitive and course and equates everthing elegant or strong with Europeans. Besides he speaks in vague generealities.

[Soomaal]

Do I look Oriental

This author is crazy, is he saying that Somalis like me have genes from the orient.

[Faelcind]

How do you mean oriental? As in The far east or the middle east. The later is what I think is implied here. I was of the impression there was substantial south west asian ancestry in most of north east africa. To me you look distinctively different from west africans, which are the orginal black type in the new world and the common american mixes, you also don't particularly remind me of The ethiopians, Kenyans and Sudanese I have meet and seen that have shaped my perceptions of east africans. Thats why I guessed somali there is something about your features especialy seen straight on or obliquely that reminds me of some facial features of people from the arabian peninsula its hard to pin point it though.

[Soomaal]

Faelcind said:

How do you mean oriental? As in The far east or the middle east. The later is what I think is implied here. I was of the impression there was substantial south west asian ancestry in most of north east africa. To me you look distinctively different from west africans, which are the orginal black type in the new world and the common american mixes, you also don't particularly remind me of The ethiopians, Kenyans and Sudanese I have meet and seen that have shaped my perceptions of east africans. Thats why I guessed somali there is something about your features especialy seen straight on or obliquely that reminds me of some facial features of people from the arabian peninsula its hard to pin point it though.

Do you mean Somalis who look like this


This is a picture of me when I came back from UAE.

[Faelcind]

Yep you defineatly share some features with people I have seen from the arabian penisula. Which is not say you look like an arab with black skin. Far from it. I could see a connection but You look pretty damn distinct. I have never really meet in people who looked like you. I really want to go to east africa I think the region is fascinating.

[Soomaal]

Faelcind said:

Yep you defineatly share some features with people I have seen from the arabian penisula. Which is not say you look like an arab with black skin. Far from it. I could see a connection but You look pretty damn distinct. I have never really meet in people who looked like you. I really want to go to east africa I think the region is fascinating.

Look at this guy

[Faelcind]

Damn that guy could hardly look less like you. Wide dish out face. Looks like straight hair, you know he almost looks like really tan amerindian. The only similarity I notice is distinctive bumb in the middle of the nose is that typical of your region?

[Soomaal]

Faelcind said:

Damn that guy could hardly look less like you. Wide dish out face. Looks like straight hair, you know he almost looks like really tan amerindian. The only similarity I notice is distinctive bumb in the middle of the nose is that typical of your region?

we are both from the north, but he is from a different tribe, I have straight hair when its short, but if it grows it becomes really wavy and curly.

I just wanted to show you him because there are Somalis that look like him.

[Soomaal]

Shango said:

No big deal. There are many African Americans who look just like you. All over the place.

I know ;D

[Faelcind]

In some picks you look more like a common african american types but overall you look pretty distinct to me. As to the picture yeah thats amazing. I have allways thought african morphometric diversity was groslly understudied. Like I said I would love to tour around africa. I have been amazed by the different apperances of just the east african I have meet.

[slick]

Gareth, is that the only source on black african subraces out there?

[SwordandCompass]

Good topic Gareth! i wish there was more diversity in dodona.

[slick]

I agree. According to the information that you gave about black-african subraces, how would black americans be classified? Would we be classified as a mix of sudanid-palenegrid, caucasoid, and mongoloid? Or would it be difficult to classifiy Americans in general?

[Faelcind]

Here is an interesting link seemingly fairly well researched link with map showing the main areas the slave trade exploited. www.homestead.com/wysinger/mapofafricadiaspora.html