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Why Polish aren't white??


Mr Grunwald  33 | 2114  
13 Dec 2009 /  #121
NWO

NWO? lol
I am starting my own Globe order! My aim is to take over the globe lol :P
vetala  - | 381  
13 Dec 2009 /  #122
My friends believe Slavs in general are their own UNIQUE race. Not black or white. :)

That depends what definition they use. According to a dictionary:

race
-noun
1.a group of persons related by common descent or heredity.
2.a population so related.
3.Anthropology.
4.a group of tribes or peoples forming an ethnic stock: the Slavic race.
5.any people united by common history, language, cultural traits, etc.: the Dutch race.

As for whether Poles are white or not - that also depends on a definition. I know there are people who don't consider Latinos or Arabs to be properly white and if they aren't then I guess I'm the only white member of my family, because it's significant part is darker than my half-Arab friend and her Arab father.
southern  73 | 7059  
13 Dec 2009 /  #123
I think White or Black is more how you behave if you have a white skin and behave like a Black,then you are Black for sure.
CelticPolak  - | 1  
25 Feb 2010 /  #124
it IS very difficult to say what is white and what is not. regardless of what people may think, Jews, for example, (based on semitic bloodline, not religion) are not white, but may look more white than you and i. its there if you look close enough.

i consider myself white, but it also may depend on where your family originates from. my family is from Poznań and Zielona Góra. now, Western Poland, being so close to Germany, has been German land at one point AND another. i'm not saying those from Eastern Poland are not white, or Polish, but, realistically, we must admit that there's more potential mongol influence in Eastern Polish genes, as the Polish moved West to escape mongol reign.

that being said, the U.S., or North America in general, is the biggest melting pot in the world, so anyone saying North America is more "white" than Europe, is a complete and utter moron. this may be due to your location in the U.S. as well.

cheers
vetala  - | 381  
25 Feb 2010 /  #125
Here's a map showing the distribution of African DNA in Europe. I don't know if it makes any difference in physical characteristics, though countries like Spain or Italy aren't exactly known for being predominantly blond.
Exiled  2 | 424  
25 Feb 2010 /  #126
countries like Spain or Italy

Spanish are Arabs plus Vesigoths.South Italians are Greeks mixed with negroes(unfortunately).
trollish  
1 Mar 2010 /  #127
Hitler was Austrian, Im not sure how that affects the aryan race model
I always thought that the irish were not white but translucent instead
Italians are defenitly not white and if they dont tan they turn olive green
I am American but we break down our ancestory so Im polish and part german, danish, hungarian and irish but i consider myself polish but i know most polish people would discriminate me as not polish heh j/k.

i consider the baltic sea as the white mediteranian heh.
and dads catholic and moms protestant
Allison  
11 Mar 2010 /  #128
That's the silliest thing I've ever heard. Where the heck do they think their original ancestors came from? If you ever come across another person like that, tell them that if they are White Americans then their ancestors must have come from Europe at some point and time. I have never really heard anyone say this, but I don't doubt it there are many weirdos like this out there.
Hyacinthus  1 | 20  
11 Mar 2010 /  #129
I don't knwo if there is somebody who can identify whether you are a polish or a american or a german or who knows which countries in europa you are coming from.

don't tell me american comes from anthropoid in american continent.that will be a surprise.
Allison  
11 Mar 2010 /  #130
Who are you talking about?
CaliGirl  
11 Mar 2010 /  #131
Why is that unfortunate?
Seanus  15 | 19666  
12 Mar 2010 /  #132
Aren't white?? What crap! The great majority seem white enough to me. Not as white as mighty white here but they still have light enough complexions for the most part.
TnA  
9 Jul 2010 /  #133
Race is always a complex issue because it is an ill-defined human construct

Human construct? Dude, have you ever taken a biology class?
Zaba33  
10 Jul 2010 /  #134
I think it's the lack of education in America that makes people so naive and mindless. I was bon in the US with European parents and let me just say tha I have had several people tell me I have an accent when I speak English. What???? I speak only Polish at home but have an accent? I don't care...i'm proud to be a Polish/american...accenf and all:)
NorthMancPolak  4 | 642  
10 Jul 2010 /  #135
"you ain't so black..."

shaft

"and you ain't so white!"

shaft

:D
George8600  10 | 630  
12 Jul 2010 /  #136
White is the race

Slav is the haplogroup (genetic)

Polish is the ethnicity/nationality

South Italians are Greeks mixed with negroes(unfortunately).

??? I'm Greek and I've tested my blood and don't have single drop of black in me...

But then again I come from northern Greece.
Miguel Colombia  - | 351  
12 Jul 2010 /  #137
I'm Greek and I've tested my blood and don't have single drop of black in me...

What do you have? Turkish blood?
DariuszTelka  5 | 193  
12 Jul 2010 /  #138
I saw germanys team on friday against Uruguay, they fielded 5, yes, that's FIVE non-ethnic german players in their squad. And the french and dutch are right up there with them. But somehow the countries closer to Africa seem to have the least of the africans...like Spain, Greece or Italy who are exclusively white. When I think back, Olisadebe on the polish squad was a frikkin insult, and I'd rather Poland NEVER qualify than seeing some africans running around with a polish eagle on their chest celebrating a goal in the world cup.

There are of course different looking poles, depending where you come from in Poland/your geographical background. The same goes for any country of a certain size. Here in Norway, the people from the north are easily distinguished from the southern people. Down south you can easily find blond/brown eyed people, while up north you will find darker haired/blue eyed people. Anyone have any views on the different groups/looks that exists in Poland or the history about them? It would be interesting to know some more facts about the different peoples of Poland!

Here's a link...I know...I know, all you politically correct people out there, this is you happy day, you get me linked with this supremacist site, but hey, there's more truth in this site than in any of the liberal, left-wing newssites I ALSO read daily combined. Besides it's not the views of the people operating it I'm going for here, but the links and graphics on that specific page. What you take with you, not what they spout. I read both left and rightwing newssites to better get a overlook.

stormfront/forum/t566742

The thread is called "Maps of Europe", and you must check all the pages on the thread as there are dozens of cool and interesting maps of all kinds of facts about religion, people and borders.

Dariusz
mvefa  5 | 591  
12 Jul 2010 /  #139
now this is getting really stupid
When will people realize that all races have their time and place?
Didn't the persians ruled the known world while the germans where eating nuts from the trees?

Didn't the chinese experimented with gunpowder while the english were only a misserable congregation of fishing villages?

Didn't Egypt developed the most enigmatic culture long before the nordics even start to build houses?

And many many more examples,, geez people, these kids that only learned History from to 1500 on (when europe florished) think that life did not exist before that...gosh

Stop the stupidness cause believe it or not, other countries are florishing stunningly, unreachable by the sinking western economies..so please be more far-sighted...you guys are a bore!
George8600  10 | 630  
13 Jul 2010 /  #140
What do you have? Turkish blood?

Well no, but many Greeks and Balkaners do have Turkish blood from Ottoman mixing naturally.
PolskiMoc  4 | 323  
24 May 2011 /  #141
joepilsudski
Actually western europeans are closer related to the Hausa
the hausa are mostly r1b haplogroup much like western europeans generally are.

Not like Poles who are usually R1a

The First haplogroups found in Europe were R1a
They were found in Saxony east Germany 4,600 yrs ago

So we Poles are indigenous to Poland

it is more skeptical to the orgins of Western europeans. Since now most people in Saxony are r1b

The evidence suggests that R1b spread from Spain.
Thus Western Europeans with R1b are Mechta Afalou from North Africa & Spain

it fits. Slavs generally look like European Cro Magnons

While Western Europeans look more like Mechta afalou & Slavs more like European cro magnons

Also European Cro Magnons & Slavs both have much more arctic proportions than Western Europeans. Slavs have striaghter hair, thicker more robust builds which retain heat warming up in the arctic, rounder more brachycephalic skulls which retain heat, higher cheek bones which protect from the snow & wind

Western Europeans have alot of Tropical proportions similar to people in north & east Africa. Such as Long thin skulls & long thin builds & limbs which radiate heat cooling off & Western Europeans have alot more Curley hair i notice too. Especially in the British isles & France
elainemical  1 | 1  
23 Jun 2011 /  #142
I apologize for not reading your post prior to submitting mine. Thank you for so much interesting information. Anthropology is fascinating.
MariMDC  
23 Jun 2011 /  #143
I think you would need to ask that person what it is they meant by "white." Sometimes in America, I've heard people use the term "white" as more of a cultural term than a racial term, "white" being used to described a sort of absence of culture that some Americans (over time) have evolved towards. Think white-bread, bland, boring, but fitting in with some kind of mythology of Western culture in America. I think it is not right to use this term this way, because it denies everyone their difference. But if this is what they mean by "white", you should be glad that you are not being lumped in with that term. If someone said, "he/she's the whitest person I know" its usually a bit of a jab to say that this person has no culture, is kind of bland, probably doesn't now many people different from himself and doesn't care to. But you, being Polish, have some sort of cultural identity and difference that is being acknowledged. "You're not really white" doesn't mean your not white... This is hard to explain if you are not from here, and even I understand how ridiculous and contradictory it sounds and is.

I say mythology of American culture because its not really true. Americans have always come from everywhere, but there's been this "standard" for a long time of what it means to be typically American. A lot of it was based in White Anglo Saxon Protestant cultural values because historically that's been the culture of most of the power elite in America. Since it has has been encouraged for immigrants to blend in & for America to be a "melting pot", its resulted in kind of a 'whitewashing' over the years but i don't like this term either. A lot of this is changing now I think.

My thoughts on this are that light skinned (white) immigrants were always encouraged to be "American" & to embrace the dominant culture, and leave their roots behind. As the generations pass, they become less and less attached to the past, and they are just American. Now white Americans without culture or ties to the past, I hear a lot of people just call "white". There should be a different term. Immigrants from India, Asia, etc have also been encouraged to just be "American" but it is obvious they are not white. So even if they have completely cut ties with their roots over time and are "Americanized" into dominant culture, they usually are not called "white." This is why it doesn't make sense to use "white" as a cultural term. Black Americans are another story too because there is Black (American) culture, to which black people may or may not identify with. Or they may identify with to varying degrees in different situations. Is a black American who doesn't identify "white"? Of course not, but they might also be called "white" as an insult, and often Black immigrants are "whiter" in that sense. And what is a black person, what is a white person, what is a brown person? Is it skin color? Because race is a very constructed and complex concept and but that is a whole different story. This is an interesting thing to think about as an American.
roca  7 | 43  
9 Oct 2011 /  #144
To the one who started this thread

and why the f*ck do you care about what some gringos say? (I say gringo instead of the misused american word to call people of the united states since America is a continent and not a country)

They are the morons not you, so get over it and never care about the gringos.

and by the way, many Poles have some mongolian features on them.
Seanus  15 | 19666  
9 Oct 2011 /  #145
Many Russians have Mongolian features, not Poles esse. They are not garbacho either :)

The thread is an obvious provocation.
roca  7 | 43  
9 Oct 2011 /  #146
Many Russians have Mongolian features, not Poles esse

Poles also, but in a much lesser extent. I have seen them
Seanus  15 | 19666  
9 Oct 2011 /  #147
I have seen them too but they are very much in the minority and I wouldn't say there are "many".
TheJamesDamon  
9 Oct 2011 /  #148
^I'd say a significant number have a Mongoloid feature in Poland.

Poles are definitely not 100% white.
Seanus  15 | 19666  
9 Oct 2011 /  #149
Nobody is claiming they are.
ga6riela  - | 3  
9 Oct 2011 /  #150
yea, I heard that too

Even someone from school always referred to Americans/Canadians as "they are white" but I'm not "white" because I'm European. Whats up with that? Must be a slang of some sort

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