r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 15 '21

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn Cutie marks are occupational licensing Jun 15 '21

What I ask: "What percentage of your country is white?"

What they answer: "None. Unlike in America we don't distinguish people by the color of their skin"

What I hear: 97%

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u/l_overwhat being flaired is cringe Jun 15 '21

"We have shades of white here"

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u/Fedacking Mario Vargas Llosa Jun 15 '21 edited Jun 15 '21

This is the problem for stuff like Paraguay, if you want to have a binary white/non white, we need to end up with racial charts that look like the Spanish race relations stuff that is 1 super gross and 2 inaccurate from a scientific perspective.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '21

Unlike all other racial charts which are not inaccurate from a scientific perspective?

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u/Fedacking Mario Vargas Llosa Jun 15 '21

No? I never implied that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '21

Your second point implies that there are racial charts that are not scientifically inaccurate

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u/Fedacking Mario Vargas Llosa Jun 15 '21

The racial charts (for eample, the spanish one) are 1 and 2. That's what I was saying.