A Passage to India: From Aryans to Empire

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Originally Posted by Akira

Sudanis who are majority black and Kazakhs who are majority Mongoloid are both considered white on the census, man this country is a joke.

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i think that map is wrong , according to census website its only middle east that is white , not sudan , kazakhistan

https://www.census.gov/topics/popula...ace/about.html

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Originally Posted by The Lawspeaker

This probably comes closer to the truth:

https://i.ibb.co/xX5qyF6/mapmap.png

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Much more better, lol.

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Originally Posted by lameduck

i think that map is wrong , according to census website its only middle east that is white , not sudan , kazakhistan

https://www.census.gov/topics/popula...ace/about.html

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they're included in that region. they dont say central asia anywhere.

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Originally Posted by Toppo900

Much more better, lol.

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The problem is that those definitions mean nothing to the average person, who the fuck describes themselves as indic or turkic?

I'd just say central asian for Turkic(Turkey should be in the Middle East), Indic should be South Asian obviously. Sinic/SEA should just be East Asia, or split between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Originally Posted by Akira

The problem is that those definitions mean nothing to the average person, who the fuck describes themselves as indic or turkic?

I'd just say central asian for Turkic(Turkey should be in the Middle East), Indic should be South Asian obviously. Sinic/SEA should just be East Asia, or split between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.

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The thing is that we're taking into account the racial groups of west Asians here. In Canada, middle easterners are regarded as west Asians in the census while they're Whites in America which is absurd. Turkic peoples are heavily mixed with peoples from different continents, so it's better to use Turkic for these specific people.

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Originally Posted by Akira

The problem is that those definitions mean nothing to the average person, who the fuck describes themselves as indic or turkic?

I'd just say central asian for Turkic(Turkey should be in the Middle East), Indic should be South Asian obviously. Sinic/SEA should just be East Asia, or split between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.

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many americans surprisingly think turkey is in europe actually. It is technically speaking, at least part of it. but many assume that its a european country rather than middle eastern

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Originally Posted by Thambi

many americans surprisingly think turkey is in europe actually. It is technically speaking, at least part of it. but many assume that its a european country rather than middle eastern

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Really? I did not know that. My impression was they just viewed Turkey as just another "goddamn ayrab" country.

A lot of Americans think Pakistan is in the middle east. Like a LOT. Also try telling them that all the "stan" countries are not Arab.

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Originally Posted by Akira

Really? I did not know that. My impression was they just viewed Turkey as just another "goddamn ayrab" country.

A lot of Americans think Pakistan is in the middle east. Like a LOT. Also try telling them that all the "stan" countries are not Arab.

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Pakistan is second largest muslim country in the world and close ally of west , so it is used quite often to represent muslims in media , and for outsiders muslim=middle east.

e.g they often time use Pakistani characters to show issues of muslim youth trying to bridge between conservative background and western ideals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aS-qGHH6E0


or kamala khan

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Originally Posted by Akira

Really? I did not know that. My impression was they just viewed Turkey as just another "goddamn ayrab" country.

A lot of Americans think Pakistan is in the middle east. Like a LOT. Also try telling them that all the "stan" countries are not Arab.

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turkish people arent heavily muslim compared to other countries in the region and with their appearance they look even more euro. yeah they think all -stan countries are ayrab, hence the reason for pakistan being a middle eastern country in the US. I bet when americans see people from kazakhstan, they'll realize how ignorant they are lol.

Turkey however many think is a euro country, and many are aware of constantinople/istanbul, etc.

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Originally Posted by Thambi

turkish people arent heavily muslim compared to other countries in the region and with their appearance they look even more euro. yeah they think all -stan countries are ayrab, hence the reason for pakistan being a middle eastern country in the US. I bet when americans see people from kazakhstan, they'll realize how ignorant they are lol.

Turkey however many think is a euro country, and many are aware of constantinople/istanbul, etc.

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Even parts of South India looks very euro. Have you been to Vinayak Nagar colony in Mylapore recently ?