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Re:Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’ by Ferrotin on Saturday December 03, 2022 @11:49AM (#33844832)
That isn’t the definition of racism at all, and it does work, you can identify race from appearance. Give it a try.
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Re:Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’ by CorrectHorseBat on Saturday December 03, 2022 @01:11PM (#33845756)
You can also find siblings of which one could pass as black and the other as white. Sometimes even parents and children. Would they then be of a different race?

What are the different human races you can identify from appearance if I may ask?

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Re:Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’ by Ferrotin on Saturday December 03, 2022 @03:36PM (#33847049)
So you might identify somebody 90% European as 100%, and your point is what exactly?
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Re:Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’ by CorrectHorseBat on Saturday December 03, 2022 @04:59PM (#33847846)
My point is that race is a very loose definition which quickly falls apart in practice, and thus it's just plain stupid to use it to decide whether people should be admitted to college or not.
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Re:Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’ by Ferrotin on Monday December 05, 2022 @02:07AM (#33862452)
In calling it a loose definition, you’re disputing your own premise behind your comment about two siblings being able to “pass” as different races.
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