CelticPolak
25 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Why Polish aren't white?? [272]
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
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