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Originally Posted by Charlatan
It's all feels a little Eurocentric to me.
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I know. I was going to add the caveat that, would Portman be known as a true
Caucasian?
I haven't used the term in some years, so I'm not sure what it means anymore; (
except that in the US, it has, and probably is still is, synonymous with one who is 'white') the problem that lies with me is that the sociologists of this new era always try to better classify the continental differences amongst ourselves, so I'm just left behind in how the cultural / racial categorisations evolve (as I don't keep up to date any more).
The hardest classification I have encountered before is how to perceive the Russian-state conglomerate, as well as the once-heavily-influenced Eastern Bloc countries that are nearby. Would they be more aptly considered to
Eastern Euros, or could they fall under the stereotypical / simplistic umbrella of being
Russian? (even tho the only thing that relates them to the country anymore is a similar language structure; I'm thinking of countries like Bosnia, Czech Republix and the Ukraine here). Additionally, I've noticed that Russia is so expansive, yet wholly engrossed as the same place to Westerners that they refer to most any tall, blonde and buxom beauty with an accent as being almost Russian. (
the same odd-culture-graphing I've noticed pertains to S. America, where most people from there would be termed as Latino, yet those who speak Portuguese, have a visibly more-ample backside, and might sport some wicked tanlines are more firmly known as Brasileiras.) Not that it would ever come up here again, but if it called upon me to do so, I'd be more apt to term the still nomadic tribes present in Russia, as well as most of the villages within a day's drive of the Mongol / Northern China / Kazakhstan bordering to be more resembling of the colloquial descriptor of 'Asian', despite firmly residing within the Federation.
I don't think I think I about this too often, but I do pick up on the quirks that others use when they try to explain to me their "preferences".
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If I'm allowed, here is another toss of the hat towards this, I don't know what to call this... single-issue, preferential voting? I'll call it right now: (friend-os)
Ming-Na [Wen] has still got it.
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There's also this:
Category:American actors of Asian descent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia