How white is white, and how black is black? (land, 2008)

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Stars&StripesForever

Mankind first appeared near modern-day Iraq, not Africa.

It depends on what your view and there's also the view that land masses shifted. So, in turn, how we view things now in regard to land masses may not have been the case in the past.

Was the Garden of Eden Located in Iraq? - Answers in Genesis

Genesis 2:4-14 – The Four Rivers «

[ABQConvict]

Terms like ' African-American' and 'European-American' (and all of its subvariants like Irish-American, Italian-American, etc.) are culturally defined even if they tend to fall along biological lines.

[west seattle gal]

To OP, not surprising at all. Of course this is true. It's just human nature to divide populations into "us" vs "them", when in actuality, deep down we're all the same.

[west seattle gal]

Originally Posted by Mr. Opinionated

And many also say that mankind was born in a region now known as Africa.
So I wonder which came first, the chicken [black people], or the egg
[caucasian people]?? ...Sorta speak.

White skin is a mutation, darker skin came first. Scientifically known.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...121501728.html

and a random cool link:
http://www.dnaancestryproject.com/?g...FQ40hwodfRKbBw

[Darbro]

Anybody remember that movie Skin about a white couple who had 2 kids who looked black? Interesting movie.

[skihikeclimb]

Originally Posted by Darbro

Anybody remember that movie Skin about a white couple who had 2 kids who looked black? Interesting movie.

Ya I have seen it, although many people think the father was actually black in real life.

[PortCity]

Originally Posted by Stars&StripesForever

Mankind first appeared near modern-day Iraq, not Africa.

You have issues !

[PortCity]

Originally Posted by west seattle gal

White skin is a mutation, darker skin came first. Scientifically known.

Scientists Find A DNA Change That Accounts For White Skin

and a random cool link:
Trace Your Ancestry with DNA - DNA Ancestry Project

And it is also biblical !

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by west seattle gal

To OP, not surprising at all. Of course this is true. It's just human nature to divide populations into "us" vs "them", when in actuality, deep down we're all the same.

Biologically, yes. Culturally, there are great differences between peoples both along and opposed to racial lines.

[Stars&StripesForever]

Originally Posted by PortCity

You have issues !

I have issues because I believe mankind was first in the area that is modern-day Iraq as opposed to Africa? Wow. I thought that these were merely ideas. Furthermore, is it a topic so important that it means that someone has issues?