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**Buyemae** · 11-04-2011, 10:15 PM

Sure if we're of the mentality that "black is a state of mind" then sure, why not make it exclusive? But I've never known a proper use of the term "racist" that applies towards a state of mind.

Well, not quite. Technically, the terms "White American" and "Black American/African American" are ethnicities. As we all know, ethnicity and race are not synonymous.

For example, a Latino can be racially white, black, or whatever; but their ethnicity is Latino. Kazakhs can look be as white as a European or as Asian as a Chinese person, but ethnically, they're Kazakhs.

Converse examples are true as well. For all I know, you can be "German," Shrike could be "Irish," and WildJokers could be "Polish," and as far as I know, I'm just a WASP (but without the "P" since I'm atheist). But, culturally - there's really no difference between us. We're white, we're in America, we eat similar foods, and we listen to genres of music that originated in the US - there's nothing German or Irish about us.

This brings me to the overall point - seeing as how ethnicity can operate independently of race, being of a particular race is not a pre-requisite to be a part of an ethnicity.

Cain might be racially black, but he's ethnically white.

11-04-2011, 10:15 PM	#19
Buyemae Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 607 Senior Member	Sure if we're of the mentality that "black is a state of mind" then sure, why not make it exclusive? But I've never known a proper use of the term "racist" that applies towards a state of mind. Well, not quite. Technically, the terms "White American" and "Black American/African American" are ethnicities. As we all know, ethnicity and race are not synonymous. For example, a Latino can be racially white, black, or whatever; but their ethnicity is Latino. Kazakhs can look be as white as a European or as Asian as a Chinese person, but ethnically, they're Kazakhs. Converse examples are true as well. For all I know, you can be "German," Shrike could be "Irish," and WildJokers could be "Polish," and as far as I know, I'm just a WASP (but without the "P" since I'm atheist). But, culturally - there's really no difference between us. We're white, we're in America, we eat similar foods, and we listen to genres of music that originated in the US - there's nothing German or Irish about us. This brings me to the overall point - seeing as how ethnicity can operate independently of race, being of a particular race is not a pre-requisite to be a part of an ethnicity. Cain might be racially black, but he's ethnically white.
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