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A previous post said Chaldeans are Arabs. This is incorrect, though some may speak Arabic. The Chaldaeans were a Semitic people who first came into South Babylonia (now in modern Iraq) circa 1000 BC. With the death of Assurbanipal (626 BC), Nabopolassar seized the throne and control of the Babylonian Empire, which would become the Chaldean Empire. The empire flourished under Nabopolassar’s son Nebuchadnezzar II, but it declined rapidly thereafter and came to an end when Babylon fell to the Persians under Cyrus the Great in 539 BC. They developed trhe study of astronomy and astrology during this period, so “Chaldaean” came to mean simply “astrologer,” as in the book of Daniel and among the Romans. Todays Chaldeans are a Christain people living chiefly in Iraq and are more of a cultrue than a ‘race,’ so many different kinds of people in the Middle East call themselves Chaldeans. I have a friend who calls himself an Iraqi-Chaldean, and he says their culture was the first to follow Christ. In the Old Testament, Chaldean is also used to mean Aramean. Aramaic, the language of the ancient Arameans, is the first language of today’s Chaldeans.
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,I have read that ‘dago’ derived from the name Diego. Actually a Spanish name, but apparantly common in Italian and other Latin/Romantic societies as many other names are as well.
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,The census actually counts some people twice, Hispanics i mean. A ‘mixed’ Hispanic will simply be counted as ‘Hispanic/Latino,’ but one who is clearly black, for example, will be counted as both black and Hispanic. Or one who is clearly white, will be counted as both white and Hispanic. Many racial polls do this, pretty confusing eh?
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,Ive never read the Quran but Muslims, like Christains and Jews are all ‘Of The Book’ so my guess is the Quran has verses similar to the Old Testament in the beginning. The Islamic court is probably more Orthodox and takes the Quran more literally. Bella read Deuteronomy in your Christian Bible, esp. chapter 22. Nearly every sin you can think of God commands all townspeople to stone the perpatrator(s) at the front of their Father’s home (yes, even pregnency out of wedlock). ‘In this way will you get rid of this evil,’ the verses always end. I know many say the New Testament is supposed to change all that, but many Christains dont belive that and say the Old Testament is the word of God and must be taken literally. So the Islamic court is pretty fundamental, but it certainly isnt a Muslim thing.
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,Colored is certainly archaic, and because the term was in use during more ‘offically’ racist times, it would be offensive. It also seems to imply that ‘colored’ isn’t normal, as though one is somehow less of a human because he or she is ‘colored.’
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,The terms ‘Caucasion’ or ‘Cacausoid,’ like all the other races as defined, were used to describe physical characteristics and had nothing to do with skin color. Therefore, a blond, light-complected Nordic and a frizzy-haired, dark-complected Semite are both Caucasian. Today, I don’t know if it’s just in the United States, but white has become synonomous with Caucasian. Most don’t think of Mideasterners as white, and because we use Hispanic/Latino and Pacific Islander as ‘races,’ why not add Mideastern or Semitic, too? I always assumed they would be labeled Asian, but I say let them decide for themselves. I wonder what Australian Aborigines would be labeled?
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,The white Argentines you speak of came from Spain, so they, too, are European.
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,I have noticed this phenomenon, too. I live out in a nowhere hicktown where every kid is white, dresses in fubu, etc., and has DMX blasting from souped-up cars. Some are even friends with a few blacks at school, and act ‘down’ when around them, and then call them ‘nigger’ behind their back. I don’t get it. They also regard blacks with mistrust and as thieves, rapists and just plain violent, as well as uneducated and just about any other stereotype you can think of. I asked one why this was, and he simply said, ‘I hate niggers, but there ain’t nothin’ wrong with likin’ their music, is there?’
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,Where have you read this? Ive never seen that written in any magazine/newspaper/etc.
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,Do the black slave owners in Africa today have flat butts?
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,The term Anglo, as applied to white Americans, Canadians, or Australians simply means you are a native English speaker. Just as the terms Latino and Hispanic mean a Mexican, Cuban, Dominican, Chilean, etc. is a Spanish speaker. Not all Latin Americans are the same race, but are still Hispanic, and not all white Americans have English heritage, but are Anglos. Get it?
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,most ‘ethnic’ women are usually ‘thicker’ than whites. I like that kind of body myself, but you’re right a lot of white men dont. I think white men often wont talk to non-white women b/c they think black/latina women want a black/latino man and b/c white men are often seen as ‘sexually inferior’ to ‘ethnics.’ I have heard this from the mouths of black and ‘ethnic’ women and yes this does make me think that they are not interested in white men.
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,Count me in as a subscriber to the phenomenon. I drink ‘grape soda, Kool-aid and other weird, fruity drinks’ often, as do my brother and many of my friends, and we are as white as can be.
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,It is typical. During World War II, many Americans hated Germans, Italians and Japanese. I even hear ignorant people saying we should shuffle all Arabs and Muslims in the United States into concentration camps, like we did the Japanese. Sheez, will we ever change?
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,Depends on what you mean. If you mean they are claiming ‘victim’ by speaking out against bigotry or injustice, they are merely doing what any person who believes in equal human rights should do. If you are refering to one who blames their entire life on the fact their ancestors were slaves, etc. That is not an ‘African American feeling,’ as you put it, but any person unwilling to accept responsibilty for their life. It is always easier to play victim rather than assuming some blame yourself.
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Name : Andres, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : Chambersburg, State : PA, Country : United States,
