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The Missing Indians
They don’t get the same attention as Blacks, Whites, Latinos, Native Americans, or (East) Asians. In fact, they seem to be absent from contemporary racial classification altogether. What Indians tell us about racial discourse in America.
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Yes, we do oversimplify. We can’t even be bothered with full names, everyone gets a short nickname. The implication of that for our ability to absorb complex ideas – I’d rather not speculate.
Indians, of course include peoples of widely different complexion hues. Some have fairly white skin, while others are very dark, even what we call black.
I know the languages of Finland and Hungary are related. But that there would be a link between Finns and Koreans – that’s surprising. Anthropologists do cite a general Asian factor in ancestry in the area, but specifically Korean?
It’s a complex world. It’s also interesting that we rate the variants on a value scale.
Interesting article.