IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT RACES AND ANTHROPOLOGY. EXPLAIN THE CROSS RACE EFFECT TO ME

[Randommembr]

Can someone explain the cross race effect to me?

For example I've heard people say that all Asians (east AND southeast ) look the same to them or I've even heard very few people say all brown people (South Asian to MENA and even some Southern Europeans/Latinos) look the same to them. ? What's the science behind it? Are people so stupid they can't tell the difference?


2nd question:

I've even heard many Indians say they look like white people or especially Middle eastern people and they seem to have a habit for confusing MENA people (and even some white people) as their own. I saw a video where a Romanian women who spoke Urdu asked Pakistanis where they thought she was from, and they all said Pakistan lmao and Pakistanis in the comment section said she looked Pakistani too eventhough she looked White AF. Elena Urdu Vlogs is the channel.

Ive heard many non Hispanics (like Indians or MENA people) say that Hispanic people in the US confuse them as one of their own and I saw a vlog of Mexican lady who went to India and people thought she was Indian looooollll.
https://culturalvistas.org/blog/part...e-shock-india/

Arabs can't even tell themselves apart from non-Arab Latinos for fucks sake.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OgDwDgOE4IE

So in conclusion, what's the scientific reason people confuse other ethnicities as their own (even if they stand out/look slightly different)?

[lei.talk]

the persons mentioned that made these mistaken identifications
would seem to be the best persons to ask this question.

[Insuperable]

You do like to talk about races don't you?

[Randommembr]

the persons mentioned that made these mistaken identifications
would seem to be the best persons to ask this question.

Well, there is an entire phenomenon that has been studied. I was just looking for more information about it. It happens way too often to be an individual error. There needs to be a science behind it. Do you kniow about it?

[lameduck]

context are important here is the romanian video you are talking about , she is speaking in urdu .

also indivisuals vs crowd effect



she make lots of videos about large brit paki community.

[Randommembr]

context are important here is the romanian video you are talking about , she is speaking in urdu .

also indivisuals vs crowd effect



she make lots of videos about large brit paki community.

Bald and bankrupt also went to India and he spoke Urdu and no one thought he was a local. Same with a New Zealander man who also spoke Urdu in Pakistan.
Anyways, ignoring the Elena example, can you answer my question? All other examples I provided are legit and I see it happen on a daily basis too.

[lameduck]

Bald and bankrupt also went to India and he spoke Urdu and no one thought he was a local. Same with a New Zealander man who also spoke Urdu in Pakistan.
Anyways, ignoring the Elena example, can you answer my question? All other examples I provided are legit and I see it happen on a daily basis too.

we had yemni and other menas students in pakistan , when i was there , no one used to speak in urdu to them and consider them local

[Randommembr]

we had yemni and other menas students in pakistan , when i was there , no one used to speak in urdu to them and consider them local

Well, I live in Brampton, Ontario. 60 percent of the population is South Asian.(mostly Punjabi) I've seen a lot of them mistake many different nationalities as South Asian especially Punjabi.

And youre aware this happens in the US too right with Hispanics and Latinos (I even linked the video).

I added other examples too( the Mexican in India).

Historical travelers did this too so clearly it's not a recent phenomenon. For example I've read accounts of explorers callinb Parsis "Jewish looking", "white" etc and similar things when these European explorers went to Armenia etc. Natives thought the Spaniards were lighter skinned, hairier Native American bearded god's too for example.

There has to be a science behind it surely.

[RatCat]

In real life most of the people only see pigmentation and some odd features for the region.

[Chaos One]

Why are you trying to be serious here? Go to Anthrogenica.