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The short answer is, ‘Skin colour distinguishes ‘blacks’ from one another’. Here’s an approximate conversation that a (white) friend had with the locals while spending a year in East Africa: LOCAL: She’s the black one over there FRIEND: But you’re all black! LOCAL (laughing): No we’re not. She’s black, I’m brown, she’s light brown. Can’t you tell the difference? FRIEND Well, maybe LOCAL: But we can’t tell you white people apart at all FRIEND: Even though I have blond hair and blue eyes and my colleague has brown hair and brown eyes? LOCAL (peering into Friend’s eyes) Well, so you do! … I also remember, but can’t locate, an article about eyewitnesses to crimes; apparently ‘blacks’ remember skin tone better while ‘whites’ remember hair and eye colour better.

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Name : John, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, City : Edinburgh, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, 

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