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**Lyikmcmb** · 07-30-2011, 04:05 AM

"They may be called black because they're dark,"

What other reason was any group on earth designated as black besides skin color? It's not like theres some other intrinsic characteristic.

It has an obvious historical reason. I won't waste your time with words. You know it already.

You don't ever see a blonde fair blue eyed swede being called black.

No, so what. That sure doesn't mean that I can't call a very light "African descended person" white, doesn't it? It's either or.

The albino reference is kind of inaccurate. Aborigines as a whole, other than their current location, fit nicely with several African populations. Melanesians, from Papua New Guinea got the name of their country due to their resemblance to specific continental Africans. Africa is a CONTINENT of mostly bronwn-ish people with varying features; the fact that many aborigines and Melanesians look like many Africans is not surprising.

"If they're considered Black due to dark skin, then all people with really darks skin can be called "black" - and that also means that any light skinned black aren't black, if such a literal interpretation of the term is used."

The reason light skinned " black" people were/are still called "black," was/is their affinity with other designated, "black," dark people, almost always through descent.

No, if you're dark, then you're black, if you're not, you're white. It's as appropriate as anything else. Melanesian and Australians have the colour in common with Africans, and nothing else, really. They're not related in any particular way. They never even knew of each others existence. So why is it different with people with "affinity with other designated". Why is there a difference in this case, but not in all other cases?

And Aborigines have been influenced by civil rights movements and Aframs too, again there's obvious historical reasons for that, and the situation of Aborigines makes that a somewhat logical step.

(I don’t know why you brought albinos into this, totally irrelevant)

07-30-2011, 04:05 AM	#8
Lyikmcmb Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 480 Senior Member	"They may be called black because they're dark," What other reason was any group on earth designated as black besides skin color? It's not like theres some other intrinsic characteristic. It has an obvious historical reason. I won't waste your time with words. You know it already. You don't ever see a blonde fair blue eyed swede being called black. No, so what. That sure doesn't mean that I can't call a very light "African descended person" white, doesn't it? It's either or. The albino reference is kind of inaccurate. Aborigines as a whole, other than their current location, fit nicely with several African populations. Melanesians, from Papua New Guinea got the name of their country due to their resemblance to specific continental Africans. Africa is a CONTINENT of mostly bronwn-ish people with varying features; the fact that many aborigines and Melanesians look like many Africans is not surprising. "If they're considered Black due to dark skin, then all people with really darks skin can be called "black" - and that also means that any light skinned black aren't black, if such a literal interpretation of the term is used." The reason light skinned " black" people were/are still called "black," was/is their affinity with other designated, "black," dark people, almost always through descent. No, if you're dark, then you're black, if you're not, you're white. It's as appropriate as anything else. Melanesian and Australians have the colour in common with Africans, and nothing else, really. They're not related in any particular way. They never even knew of each others existence. So why is it different with people with "affinity with other designated". Why is there a difference in this case, but not in all other cases? And Aborigines have been influenced by civil rights movements and Aframs too, again there's obvious historical reasons for that, and the situation of Aborigines makes that a somewhat logical step. (I don’t know why you brought albinos into this, totally irrelevant)
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