Mael

if you're gonna call people with white skin caucasians, then the most accurate thing to call people with black skin i think would be negroid. i believe that would be calling everybody by the same trait. for asians it would "mongoloid." from what i understand (correct me if i'm wrong) these terms have to do with distinctions in the skull structures of ancient peoples decending from various regions or something like that. i think i read something on how "caucasian" comes from the people orginating from the caucus mountains, but that the term is not used very generally to mean white people and that it is very in accurate in its current usage.


i personally don't want to live in a colorblind society. i want to live in a society where people of any ethnicity are treated with respect and there is equal opportunities for all (ie. everybody has the opportunity to get a good education, whether they choose to take it or not and what they do with it when they have it will not be equal because it's based on their choices, opening and closing their own doors, but that if 2 people are applying for the same job, ethnicity and a desire for "diversity" are not considered, the person who is best suited gets the job). i want to be able to see a black man on the street, and recognize that he is different from me, and hopefully maybe learn about the differences. if i meet an african person, i'd love to learn about his cultural differences. i want a society where we celebrate our differences.