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**24MurinivaMak** · 07-09-2011, 10:34 PM

Do white Australians call aboriginals "black"?

Nowadays not as much (besides the ignorant), particularly by the more educated who can look past skin colour and not deem everyone non-White as Black. Historically in the past they were refered to as a Black though.

I wonder because Native Australians overlap phenotypically
with blacks somewhat... Not at all. If you live here, you might even find you can pick out someone with even just an Aboriginal grandparent. They have a very distinctive look which you cannot find in Africa or even Oceania. Very pronounced brow ridges. If one wants to draw parallels between them and South Indians, say Dalits, maybe i can see a very vague similiarity, otherwise certainly not with Africans.

07-09-2011, 10:34 PM	#2
24MurinivaMak Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Do white Australians call aboriginals "black"? Nowadays not as much (besides the ignorant), particularly by the more educated who can look past skin colour and not deem everyone non-White as Black. Historically in the past they were refered to as a Black though. I wonder because Native Australians overlap phenotypically with blacks somewhat... Not at all. If you live here, you might even find you can pick out someone with even just an Aboriginal grandparent. They have a very distinctive look which you cannot find in Africa or even Oceania. Very pronounced brow ridges. If one wants to draw parallels between them and South Indians, say Dalits, maybe i can see a very vague similiarity, otherwise certainly not with Africans.
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