Israelis: Are you white?

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  • @oyemate8647
    @oyemate8647 6 років тому +2245

    I love how most of these people are like 'what the hell is this question'. The American obsession with race is ridiculous

    • @oyemate8647
      @oyemate8647 4 роки тому +22

      @Mariamne DaMotta what will it change if i read it AGAIN? Ive heard an american say ,,as an italian, do you concider yourself white?’’ That says a lot about how crazy they are

    • @BioChemistryWizard
      @BioChemistryWizard 4 роки тому +21

      @Kourosh Thats the irony of it

    • @Dilbert1999
      @Dilbert1999 4 роки тому +1

      Explain the Solomon Tekah situation then.

    • @earljohnson50
      @earljohnson50 4 роки тому +32

      Liberal Jews in political office keep pushing that particular envelope. Believe me I’m ready for a meritocracy and no race mentioned at all.

    • @oyemate8647
      @oyemate8647 4 роки тому

      @@prismaticgangster5789 they obviously are

  • @MrMik3159
    @MrMik3159 6 років тому +1405

    I don't think people in Israel think in very Anglo-American racial terms. Shocker.

    • @ewqdsacxz765
      @ewqdsacxz765 6 років тому +90

      Race is a European concept. People from non-Western cultures get confused when you try to talk to them about race.

    • @CT-7567R3X
      @CT-7567R3X 6 років тому +50

      @@ewqdsacxz765 Race is not a concept it's science but black and white aren't races. Caucasian and Congoid are the real term and israelis are for the most caucasians.

    • @aliaguerin1266
      @aliaguerin1266 6 років тому +139

      In europe we dont ask what race you are We ask what country you come from. Black and white and colorsm is typically an American thing.

    • @SocialistFinn1
      @SocialistFinn1 6 років тому +68

      @@ewqdsacxz765 not even European, it's a European colonial concept, meaning that it's only in the former European colonies such as America, Brazil etc. In Europe itself race is not really a factor, it's more about nationality, religion and culture.

    • @SocialistFinn1
      @SocialistFinn1 6 років тому +2

      @@aliaguerin1266 exactly

  • @carolinesa91
    @carolinesa91 5 років тому +663

    I am Jewish. Here in Brazil I am considered white, because of my skin color, but in the U.S I would probably be considered latino.

    • @duckydarkstar38
      @duckydarkstar38 5 років тому +30

      In America when you sign up for government papers you have to check a box 1. white 2. Black. 3. Asian. Thats it . Once in a blue it might say -option 4. Native American .

    • @mapache69.
      @mapache69. 5 років тому +22

      Caroline Araujo i mean it depends. I have a Brazilian Jewish friend here in Canada and we considered him Hispanic but technically we consider Hispanics a variety of White people.

    • @momemoe7520
      @momemoe7520 5 років тому +12

      @@duckydarkstar38 so korean asians and tamil indian asians are in the same box huh?

    • @Bembo2011
      @Bembo2011 5 років тому +57

      Caroline Araujo Latino/a is not a race... it’s an ethnic and cultural background. There are white Latinos, mixed Latinos, Asian Latinos, black Latinos etc. it is not a race....

    • @stevecucamonga
      @stevecucamonga 5 років тому +3

      @@momemoe7520 yes the categories in those boxes are kind of arbitrary

  • @AssafChriqui
    @AssafChriqui 6 років тому +1648

    Oh my God, Karen, you can’t just ask people why they're White.

    • @rachelrose4691
      @rachelrose4691 6 років тому +37

      Best comment

    • @Ayalaula191
      @Ayalaula191 6 років тому +3

      Lol

    • @mayale3394
      @mayale3394 6 років тому +7

      hahaha exactly what I was thinking!!

    • @nielsqbc4
      @nielsqbc4 6 років тому +8

      everybody assuming that the middle east is the same skin color now as it was 1000 or 2000 years ago. Human migration and african slaves might have some impact

    • @beagleonvodka
      @beagleonvodka 6 років тому +4

      Stupid question indeed.

  • @OrenBlau
    @OrenBlau 6 років тому +217

    you could have asked Ethiopian Israeli Jews if they are white

    • @indiannataylor3994
      @indiannataylor3994 5 років тому +20

      That would have been fun

    • @Jonny10101
      @Jonny10101 4 роки тому +19

      מה נראה לך שנענה?

    • @hardcandy7112
      @hardcandy7112 4 роки тому +1

      how about Ethiopian only if they were born in that country forget the other two that for benefits .

    • @mrsnoodlearms7297
      @mrsnoodlearms7297 4 роки тому +3

      They aren’t they are black

    •  4 роки тому +2

      exactly! because people that asked wanted to know if ISRAELIS are white

  • @faisalalan8633
    @faisalalan8633 5 років тому +381

    When I first landed in U.S., I was stunned by the question of my race! I didn't know what race I belong to! All I know is I'm Arab!

    • @dorbitan2935
      @dorbitan2935 5 років тому +136

      Us Jews same problem, America is obsessed with race. I'm a Jew who have white skin and my father has dark skin. What tf am I? hahah

    • @komfykoala6083
      @komfykoala6083 5 років тому +42

      I'm American, they ask everyone for their race to keep track of your identity (ie for your driver's license, doctor appointments, college applications, etc...). Arabs and Jews are both diverse groups of people since you can have very dark people with black hair and brown skin and eyes and people with blonde hair and blue eyes and fair skin (like Ahed Tamimi).

    • @komfykoala6083
      @komfykoala6083 5 років тому +21

      @@dorbitan2935 I'm not Jewish but I'm on the same boat (my dad is Arab and dark and I have light skin and lighter hair). Again America is focused on race because it's a country of people with different backgrounds. It's not like Europe where native people are white or China where native people are Chinese. The US is a melting pot. I'm mixed Arab and European but it does get complicated when people ask me what I am because I'm mixed and I grew up among different cultures. It would be easier if someone wasn't very mixed/mixed looking.

    • @komfykoala6083
      @komfykoala6083 5 років тому +7

      @Queen It's important for identification. What if someone went missing or was kidnapped? Specifying their race can help identify them.

    • @radziahradzi
      @radziahradzi 4 роки тому +12

      @@komfykoala6083 identifying by race can help if they are missing? Really? what if a mixed person is white looking but racially on documents he is black, so when it's described a 6foot black male, for example, people are looking for black male but in appearance he is white, so how?

  • @guynehemia4029
    @guynehemia4029 3 роки тому +193

    11:13 "My ethnic identity is defined only in relation to Society." That's a smart man right there. I never understood the obssession Americans have with identifying everything as "Black" or "White".

    • @lala-ct9ir
      @lala-ct9ir 3 роки тому +10

      I don't understand it either. I live in northern Europe and I don't think of people this way. Israel is also a good example of why identity politics on the basis of skin colour just does not work.

    • @saltlessbread
      @saltlessbread 3 роки тому +1

      hey can you tell me what our interpretation of that sentence he said?

    • @desireawinton9745
      @desireawinton9745 3 роки тому +1

      That is because of white racist, people trying to say everyone that has straight hair is white, or European, when most of the world is mixed, with everything but European?' They like to divide people, and spread their WS!

    • @andi8717
      @andi8717 3 роки тому +1

      @@desireawinton9745 Wait so only white people say that? Thats funny cause Ive heard the same garbage from many different races. 🤔 I do agree that it is ignorance to assume someone's race via hair texture and skin tone, but it isnt just white people doing that.

    • @desireawinton9745
      @desireawinton9745 3 роки тому

      @@andi8717 "Yea I know, it is the ignorance of slave mentality, colonialism ect... and people that don't want to learn to not be so ignorant of things?"

  • @لياليعلي-س1ه
    @لياليعلي-س1ه 4 роки тому +103

    I am Arab with white skin, my cousin is brown, and my other cousin has blond hair, so we don't think about whether we are white or black, we are mixed and I think the Israelis are the same thing

    • @SigalDa
      @SigalDa 3 роки тому +2

      there arabs who israelis dont belong to this area beacause skin color even though the europeqns jews dosent look white like originale europeans.
      and like you said there is arabs that are white and even blond.

    • @NO.RASOV1234
      @NO.RASOV1234 3 роки тому +1

      Yep pretty much the same concept, there are people who came from different places so of course we have people that are 'white' and 'black' but for us it's not more than a color, even in religions and such, we're all in the same country so it doesn't matter to us

    • @unionjack2209
      @unionjack2209 3 роки тому +5

      I am brown. Love from Bangladesh ❤️

    • @thesilentway1086
      @thesilentway1086 3 роки тому +9

      Sure , there are Arabs like Ahed Tamimi and others like Taleb Tawatha , There are Israeli Jews like Titi Einao and others like Bar Refaeli - most Arabs and most Jews are somewhere in the middle .

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe Рік тому

      Same with Serbs, you can look like an Irish to an Iraqi

  • @erlich85
    @erlich85 6 років тому +238

    Israelis just don't define them selves by skin color. if you want to call a person black or white that's fine and they wont mind in Israel. they could care less. most people didn't even understand where you were going with your question.

    • @Daniel24445
      @Daniel24445 6 років тому +6

      No, Talmudic Judaism is their race. But they are preparing to prevent anyone married to a gentile from seeking citizenship in Rothschild's British apartheid state.

    • @rotemscho8907
      @rotemscho8907 6 років тому +1

      True, even the N word is not a big deal here..

    • @kelbyrock7041
      @kelbyrock7041 6 років тому +7

      *"Race doesn't matter"*
      *-Lives in Jewish ethnostate*
      Brainlet

    • @karmicobsession1636
      @karmicobsession1636 6 років тому +4

      @@rotemscho8907 Well of course it doesn't mean anything how many black people live in Israel and whats the historical connotation of such of a word their? This is the issue with trying to pretend we all view race and race relations the same. Your view of race has more to do with where you come from and your history than anything.

    • @rotemscho8907
      @rotemscho8907 6 років тому +4

      Jaybird J well the case in Israel is not about race at all, i know it's strange and probably not 100% but people here believe we are all the same race, the Jewish race. Here, today it's not a big factor but in the past the issue was about culture... European vs. Middle Eastern, the European was considered more educated, modern, successful and bla bla...
      Today the culture is Israeli which is mix of every thing..

  • @thomasip525
    @thomasip525 6 років тому +1221

    the brownest guy claims he's white LOL

    • @aliner1546
      @aliner1546 6 років тому +84

      Thomas IP
      In Hebrew we do not have a word that describes Caucasians, some of us simply use the word white, yet many people wont even say the word white because it also refers to skin color regardless of race or ethnic group, they will just divide it into ethnic groups such as Ashkenazi mizrahim arabs ethiopians and more..

    • @ringkite
      @ringkite 6 років тому +8

      @@aliner1546 hebrew is incapable of describing the Caucasus Mtns. #TIL

    • @aliner1546
      @aliner1546 6 років тому +55

      cub
      There is the word "Kavkazi" but it describes Georgians, Bukharans and all the ethnicities that came from the Caucasus. This is not a synonym for white caucasian. You can not say that people from Europe are caucasian because in Hebrew the word describes only territory and not a particular race

    • @ringkite
      @ringkite 6 років тому +1

      @@aliner1546 update: TIL a new word for part of my family tree, thanks!

    • @northbride55
      @northbride55 6 років тому +47

      Inferiority complex runs deep in these characters where they believe that skin color determines your worth as a human being. Pathetic!

  • @talpasternak538
    @talpasternak538 4 роки тому +179

    This series reflects much more on the American asking the questions than it does on the locals answering them. This is like an Indian asking someone in the US if he identifies as a Brahmin.

    • @lala-ct9ir
      @lala-ct9ir 3 роки тому +2

      Thank you, precisely!

    • @AKumar-co7oe
      @AKumar-co7oe 3 роки тому +4

      Or a South African going to an African American and asking if they consider non Bantus as Black.

    • @RizwanKhan-sc5yp
      @RizwanKhan-sc5yp 3 роки тому

      Lmao 😅😆😅
      What an analogy!

    • @julian-mtf2ponto109
      @julian-mtf2ponto109 2 роки тому

      that's not quite accu6if you know the social connotatio s in comparison to actual sastra, i.e difference being between Brahmin and sudra, I'm european/eurasian hindu, my family russia/Mongolian, I have both features etc

    • @matthewrose3353
      @matthewrose3353 2 роки тому +3

      The guy asking the question's Canadian.

  • @mayale3394
    @mayale3394 6 років тому +387

    "You turned out different"
    "Thank you"
    LOL.

    • @checkcheck1579
      @checkcheck1579 5 років тому +14

      he look like a mongol. so, he definitely is not white. but I wonder why the host did not, interview the blondes and the redheads with blue eyes. I wanted to see their reactions

    • @Neorient
      @Neorient 5 років тому +1

      Tragic

    • @jakooob2012
      @jakooob2012 5 років тому +10

      Wtf he seems to be nice 😇

    • @mukhumor
      @mukhumor 4 роки тому +1

      It's funny how a homosexual guy with a face full of piercings seems like a 'normal ' guy in israel.

    • @avishag8752
      @avishag8752 3 роки тому +5

      @@checkcheck1579 Actually here in israel it's not really common. Most of the israeli people have brown hair and brown eyes.

  • @ewqdsacxz765
    @ewqdsacxz765 6 років тому +498

    6:01. It's really cute how the Moroccan siblings were wearing those matching glasses.

    • @oyemate8647
      @oyemate8647 6 років тому +28

      and how surprised Corey was when they said they were siblings

    • @8kigana
      @8kigana 6 років тому +27

      I was surpised, they looked and kind of acted a bit like a couple. I expect kids to act so chummy with their siblings and not adults. Just my opinion.

    • @omgfinally4340
      @omgfinally4340 6 років тому +35

      I think they're twins

    • @andallahelansary1517
      @andallahelansary1517 6 років тому +3

      @@omgfinally4340 انا ايضا اظنهم توأم

    • @eastafricana1584
      @eastafricana1584 5 років тому +2

      Why they are not morocco if they are

  • @sedifric873
    @sedifric873 6 років тому +211

    That last bearded guy looks like someone you could have an interesting conversation wiith.

    • @stevecucamonga
      @stevecucamonga 5 років тому +9

      He talked like someone you could have a conversation with

    • @followyourideas
      @followyourideas 3 роки тому

      No thanks

    • @elivingt
      @elivingt 3 роки тому +1

      He nailed it.
      Identify is relative.
      In a group of Asian a Americans of all races will be "Americans".
      In a large group of Americans, they'll break by identify groups

    • @adriand817
      @adriand817 3 роки тому

      He might be a former hippie

    • @fransgalea4534
      @fransgalea4534 3 роки тому

      @@adriand817 lol

  • @wandamiancrucifixplate568
    @wandamiancrucifixplate568 5 років тому +61

    No wonder the rest of the world thinks we Americans are so simple minded. We are all either "black or white" or "left or right" literally no connection whatsoever to our ancestors and their cultures. Boiling an identity down to one syllable words that you learned when you were first learning words in general? We all really aren't so simple minded it's just the ecosystem our "leaders" have laid out for us.

    • @negy2570
      @negy2570 3 роки тому +2

      I wouldn't say that the rest of the world think that Americans are simple minded, but generally simply organized in their views on everything being political, religious or cultural. It seems more of a needed semplification in a complicated country, but of course in time this semplification could flat people's brains.
      Also the use of the word "race" is not correct and not in relation to skin colour anyway. It would be better to speak about different ethnicities of a single human race. Skin colour is misleading as there are people with fair skin among people considered black and darker tones in people with a "white" label on them.
      What comes out in physical appearance is often not overlapping genetical ascendance. There are many physical features that make you guess and only guess the ascendance of a person, not just skin colour.
      Face traits, bodily shape, eye shape, noses, shoulders and movements and walking style.
      Generally speaking, with a few exception, people in Israel from these videos would not be considered "white" in Europe, not even South Europe, rather Arab with a wide spectrum because even when very pale or light-haired they show face traits that are not Caucasian, like for example the 1st man and especially the 2nd man would immediately be seen as a foreigner in any European country regardless of his skin tone and it's likely that if he went to Europe people would talk to him in English LOL. That said, it doesn't really make any difference. Still all humans with a very interesting variety of possibilities.

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe Рік тому +1

      Yea fr I’m Serbian but look Northern European but would never claim to be that, I’m just a phenotypically white Mediterranean

  • @mrbedwars9988
    @mrbedwars9988 3 роки тому +48

    I don't get the whole "race obsession" thing Americans have. Can someone please explain?

    • @falloutfox2251
      @falloutfox2251 3 роки тому +4

      The USA is a multicultural country so people often identify with a race, furthermore racial issues between races, brings race into American news.

    • @natalieac8409
      @natalieac8409 3 роки тому +10

      The issue of race started in the US to create easily identifiable classes. From there the elite used race as a way to pit one group against another. Unfortunately it worked too well, because some truly believe in it and live by it.

    • @natalieac8409
      @natalieac8409 3 роки тому +3

      Some say it started with colonialism and was reinforced in the US because we held on to it longer in our way of life.

    • @natalieac8409
      @natalieac8409 3 роки тому

      Oh, it also dictated intelligence level. White being the most.

    • @daanhunnik7691
      @daanhunnik7691 3 роки тому +2

      Well...
      If you look before the colonisation period you will find that there was a lack of slavery compared to other parts of the world within europe. This was mostly the result of the idea that all people are equal under god. As a result the only way in which slavery could occur is if one person was well ... less human.. and this is what happend in the colonisation period. The west stumbled upon people stuck at the bottom of the techtree and declared them not to be human. That's how the transatlantic slave trade was justified. There were literally zoos that housed black people. (Don't get me wrong most of the slaves were bought from native inhabitants in exchange for guns so how they thought they weren't humans is beyond me. But the kkk for instance still believes that blacks and whites are different species)
      As you might be able to geuss this resulted in quite a bit of history that put emphasis on race, which is why it has become a very loaded subject.
      Another reason why the distinction is made along broad "racial" lines instead of ethnic lines is because the original language and heritage of those enslaved blacks was lost as they and their children adopted the english language. And the age of America as "the great melting pod" saw lots of immigration but there was much emphasis on assimilation so ethnicity didn't cut it as an effective marker. Which is why those people also got shoehorned into a broad racial group.
      I think this explain why it's such a single dimensional thing in the US and why it's such a loaded subject.

  • @greenlilac32
    @greenlilac32 3 роки тому +67

    “We are closer to Mexicans” LOL as a Mexican I thought that, they are like us with many different skin tones LOL

    • @hanyu_dada
      @hanyu_dada 3 роки тому +7

      mexicans have native american traits very easily identifiable these guys don't tho

    • @greenlilac32
      @greenlilac32 3 роки тому +2

      @@hanyu_dada not always
      My family is indigenous Mexican but we have a lot of varied skin tones
      My grandma was the lightest one of our family but she was almost fully indigenous. Whereas my father who is half is easily darker than she was

    • @paulapough1238
      @paulapough1238 3 роки тому +1

      That’s because the so called Mexicans are originally from one of the 12 tribes that were spread throughout the world along with so called Native Americans and so called African Americans. The people who occupy the land of Israel are NOT the Children of Israel!! Have you heard of the synagogue of satan? Those are the people in the Bible who pretend to be Jews but are not, that’s why they are called Jew-ish.

    • @Andres-uw2kf
      @Andres-uw2kf 3 роки тому

      @@paulapough1238 Mayate

    • @bhazerelli7611
      @bhazerelli7611 3 роки тому +1

      @@paulapough1238 what about the Ir-ish and the Swed-ish and the Pol-ish? Lol

  • @Simsrockslol
    @Simsrockslol 6 років тому +380

    why didn’t you ask more ashkenazis

    • @Navenadnik
      @Navenadnik 6 років тому +85

      As an Ashkenazi, I personally don't see myself at all as "white" other than, yes, my skin color is lighter than the other groups in the region (eastern Mediterranean), but culturally I am [Israeli] Jewish. As an ethnicity, we still as a whole derived from the line of Avraham, who was from the region, so that being said, we're not "white" even though we can be taken for it easily at times.
      Perhaps that's why as a grouping, there was so much assimilation that in America, the Jewish identity is not as defined or dignified as it is elsewhere, so particularly those who grow up without knowledge of their identity, may have the primal urges to love Mediterranean food of the region more, love that music more, etc... without knowing why. We're all family deep down, some are just far away from home.

    • @velvy3784
      @velvy3784 6 років тому +6

      The purest Ashkenazis that you see in the US are mostly the Orthodox ones in Israel like the last guy, secular ones are mixed like the brown guy who said his ancestors were from Russia.

    • @Meg-ts3kx
      @Meg-ts3kx 6 років тому +24

      @LaVioletaAmatista not really. There have always been more Ashkenazim than Mizrahim. You can barely tell one's background nowadays as so many are mixed. And it's not like askenazi jews look German or Irish you know, most also look Mediterranean. My great grandparent is israeli, the other from Morroco and I'm "white", super light skin, green eyes, freckles and all. my best friend is askenazi and looks totally middle Eastern. I just identify as Israeli or Mediterranean, I think most do, these terms are totally outdated and irrelevant here..

    • @Lagolop
      @Lagolop 6 років тому +7

      @LaVioletaAmatista You are incorrect. I suggest yo visit Israel sometime and see for yourself. Mostly Mizrahi?! Tell that to my relatives that live on a border kibbutz in the south. Sorry but they look Scandinavian.

    • @mta3813
      @mta3813 6 років тому +16

      @@Lagolop there are alot of ashknzis that has more european.features then they should. You can see.them mainly in the ultra religious groups. These look very weird and not jewish.

  • @kawan5851
    @kawan5851 3 роки тому +83

    11:12 "My Ethnic identity is defined in relation to society, to other people". This is the best answer. I hope more people will start thinking like that in the future throughout the world.

    • @mral4381
      @mral4381 2 роки тому +2

      Israel quietly rejected plenty of African immigrants and shipped them off to Australia because they weren't welcome. The immigration policy is at odds with the perspectives offered by the people being interviewed in this video.

    • @yelihop9255
      @yelihop9255 2 роки тому

      No this is not true it’s just a question of color and where u from in the world

    • @itsytyt5192
      @itsytyt5192 Рік тому

      @@mral4381 gh

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe Рік тому +1

      But that’s dumb, I looks Northern European despite being a Serbian and I don’t identify as Northern European just cause I look like it, I’m a Mediterranean Serbian

  • @QuarianGhost
    @QuarianGhost 4 роки тому +54

    2:11 “we are closer to mexicans” yeah as a mexican i reaffirm that, we have lots of whites and lots of tanned looking like him too (I’m exactly his skin tone)

    • @robertovalverdemora9112
      @robertovalverdemora9112 3 роки тому +1

      Mexicans are indians, the mayority. Indians of America, western indians.

    • @QuarianGhost
      @QuarianGhost 3 роки тому +9

      @@robertovalverdemora9112 maybe 1000 years ago, the mexican population is like 70% mestizos what means "mixed", the mix of amerindias and spanish people so the skin colour can be from tanned looking to white, we have only 14% of amerindians population who are direct blood with mayans and aztecs and the left 16% are white race.

    • @paracetamol256
      @paracetamol256 3 роки тому +3

      I got the same skin tone too! From a completely different part of the world tho

    • @mysupernamegoeshere
      @mysupernamegoeshere 3 роки тому +1

      Well a lot of lebanese people came to mexico, we do share some blood, culture, and skin colour

    • @curiousmind_
      @curiousmind_ 3 роки тому

      @@mysupernamegoeshere he said he was from North Africa

  • @lil_weasel219
    @lil_weasel219 5 років тому +28

    White means not much even in a country like Croatia or Slovenia lol. We know the concept, but we don't really call it white. Especially since European ancestry doesnt only include completely pale Northwest europeans.

  • @mossakis
    @mossakis 4 роки тому +47

    I am Christian Orthodox from Greece and I look as an Arab.
    Personally, I identify myself as a Mediterranean European or brown like Egyptians, but not white from Russia etc.

    • @greenmachine5600
      @greenmachine5600 3 роки тому +3

      That makes sense

    • @ZodiakAsHell
      @ZodiakAsHell 3 роки тому +8

      I am Christian Orthodox from Greece and I look as a Scandinavian.
      Personally, I identify myself as a Mediterranean European, definitely white.

    • @mossakis
      @mossakis 3 роки тому +7

      @@ZodiakAsHell I am very darker than you. I look Arab, Egyptian, Moroccan. In school some of my classmates, passed me as a Muslim.

    • @s66s46
      @s66s46 3 роки тому

      A few meds can look like that but you are more white than black.

    • @s66s46
      @s66s46 3 роки тому +1

      Btw brown is not a race

  • @PhreakPhantom
    @PhreakPhantom 3 роки тому +54

    "I am a person of the world"

  • @proteus6467
    @proteus6467 5 років тому +250

    The United States is a country where someone like Mariah Carey is considered "black".
    'nuff said lol

    • @Naijiri.
      @Naijiri. 5 років тому +32

      apparently, "Her father, Alfred Roy Carey, was of African American and Afro-Venezuelan descent, while her mother, Patricia (née Hickey), is of Irish descent." so id say *mixed*

    • @Fire__77
      @Fire__77 5 років тому +9

      gerard dearie
      The United States is ran by Israeli dual citizens and Jews
      History gets distorted but that’s changing and fast

    • @Nicole-rj4xz
      @Nicole-rj4xz 5 років тому +32

      Proteus
      The United States is a country where they say Italians are black

    • @komfykoala6083
      @komfykoala6083 5 років тому +11

      She is half black though right?

    • @iprobablydislikeyou2735
      @iprobablydislikeyou2735 4 роки тому +5

      @@Nicole-rj4xz *used to be considered black
      They're considered white now

  • @nbamonstermobile
    @nbamonstermobile 6 років тому +42

    I look white although I’m from israel, my dad is from Uzbekistan, my mom is from Ukraine but my grandmother is half Korean. It’s a mess

    • @Philoglossos
      @Philoglossos 4 роки тому +1

      Koryo-Saram?

    • @jimbob7924
      @jimbob7924 4 роки тому +10

      Your still an illegal occupier of Palestinian land

    • @ettaphil9586
      @ettaphil9586 3 роки тому

      Its a mix

    • @declancharlick5038
      @declancharlick5038 3 роки тому +14

      @@jimbob7924 Nope, it was given to them

    • @jimbob7924
      @jimbob7924 3 роки тому +7

      @@declancharlick5038 illegally by the british. Who the fuck is churchill and Balfour to give a country to another set of people to make another country??? Gtfo

  • @claybar3998
    @claybar3998 5 років тому +56

    The girl at 6:11, when asked if she's heard about the North American concept as being white: "Yes, you mean as an insult?"

    • @ProgressiveConservative
      @ProgressiveConservative 5 років тому +25

      Clayton Barnes II yeah, crazy even a Moroccan Israeli sees that white people in America are being bullied. Tbh I think every other group understand this except white people themselves lol 😆

    • @daviddufresne3107
      @daviddufresne3107 5 років тому +22

      Being white is no longer a good thing in America that's for sure. Maybe if you have an interaction with the police, but that's mostly related to politeness. Still, more whites are shot by the police in the US than any other ethnicity.

    • @briannemorse2464
      @briannemorse2464 5 років тому +3

      @@daviddufresne3107 yep for sure and we donr ever riot over it

    • @rebeccasantos1537
      @rebeccasantos1537 5 років тому +5

      @David duFresne That is a lie. I live in NY and there is every type of race here. There is Police Brutality towards black people the most and then it’s hispanic. White people are the race less bothered. And that is everywhere in the US. When you go to the south it is more racist in those states. Whenever a caucasian kills a black person “accidentally” they get off easily. But if it’s the other way around the black person will bc in jail for the rest of their life. Not cool at all but that is the Society we live in.

    • @davidweiss9891
      @davidweiss9891 4 роки тому +7

      @@rebeccasantos1537 i live in NY and you lie

  • @KrazeeKrab
    @KrazeeKrab 4 роки тому +21

    what a stupid question
    Imagine if US americans knew that they are literally the only people in the world who classify themselves in terms of black/white
    It's understandable, that's the predominant people of the US, but still, don't apply your terminology on the rest of the world

    • @waynecorbett4119
      @waynecorbett4119 3 роки тому +1

      That is not right, we in Australia are proud of our white and black heritage

    • @ThxGod_ItsOver
      @ThxGod_ItsOver 3 роки тому

      REAL ISRAELITES OF THE BIBLE = ISAIAH 11:11-12KJV - 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the SECOND time to recover the remnant of HIS people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
      EXODUS 12:36-42KJV - The LORD had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians. 37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves. 40Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD's divisions left Egypt. 42Because the LORD kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the LORD for the generations to come.

  • @kenyanroots
    @kenyanroots 3 роки тому +38

    Mediterranean. The guy who said mediterranean was spot on.

    • @loon0493
      @loon0493 3 роки тому +4

      EXACTLY!

    • @Imayebrook
      @Imayebrook 3 роки тому +4

      Israel is literally by the meditaranian

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe Рік тому +1

      Mediterranean is just a soft word for light brown 😂

  • @Pathrissia
    @Pathrissia 3 роки тому +14

    "i think of myself mostly in spiritual terms" that's beautiful and a great answer to the question. Probably the solution to USAs racial focus but just like the interviewer, he doesn't pay attention to the beauty and simplicity of the answer

    • @ef2718
      @ef2718 3 роки тому

      CGS is Canadian born and raised.

  • @yalandinya9049
    @yalandinya9049 6 років тому +100

    the persian guy is funny. "we are mediterranean". since when is iran mediterranean? hahaha. "we could be italian, spanish". really?

    • @ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP
      @ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP 6 років тому +69

      he's right, culturally Israel historically and obviously geographically has belonged to Medditerranian region

    • @tianalevi
      @tianalevi 6 років тому +48

      Because ethnically he is a Mediterranean person. He descend from Jews native to the levant and to israel that after being expelled from Israel reached ancient Persia and stayed there while adopting the Farsi language and Persian culture. So ethnically he is not Persian and he is mostly Levantine Mediterranean. He might have a little Persian dna if he have had a Persian ancestor that converted to Judaism and married his other ancestors. But he is mostly Mediterranean.

    • @olg06
      @olg06 6 років тому +3

      ArapputuAllah CC lol yeah also this guy looks clearly black mixed, he even have a black man voice😂

    • @zahorat
      @zahorat 5 років тому +4

      the persians near to india not mediterranean

    • @maayan3795
      @maayan3795 5 років тому +5

      In Israel most people don't really understand this whole thing with races and white/black etc. That's why they consider their "race" simply as where their parents are from, and they can't really "call" their race other than that country their parents/grandparents are from. That's why you've seen a couple that said that they think they would've been called Hispanic (although they are clearly not hispanic) and that's why this guy said he's middle eastern. In addition, when he said he could be Spanish/Italian etc, he meant that jews and Israelis in general can also be from Spain and Italy.
      Hopefully you understood

  • @sakshikulkarni1279
    @sakshikulkarni1279 3 роки тому +12

    Its so nice to see that people don't define each other by the colour of their skin, here in India everyone has brown or dusky skin tone with few exceptions, the society is obsessed with fair or "white" skin. The more fair someone is the more importance they are given

    • @ygzpdygzpd700
      @ygzpdygzpd700 2 роки тому

      Is it because historically, the upper classes/castes were fair?

    • @ygzpdygzpd700
      @ygzpdygzpd700 2 роки тому

      Yeah, hI was shocked when my Indian friend, so dark he's almost black, wanted to go indoors because he wasn't wearing sunscreen. And it was winter. I sunburn and peel very easily, but it was okay for me. Now I understand. He wasn't afraid of a sunburn, he was afraid of a tan.

    • @rohitadhatrao6877
      @rohitadhatrao6877 Рік тому

      @@ygzpdygzpd700 NOPE, that is al bullshit, the real reason is the british invasion

  • @giovannamoro8564
    @giovannamoro8564 3 роки тому +33

    The older man that was interviewed last ,i like him . He's intelligent ,i wish each country would think like he does . Much respect sir .

  • @Simonet1309
    @Simonet1309 3 роки тому +36

    When I was younger I never thought of myself in terms of a colour. Now however, in the UK I am constantly asked my ethnic origin: white, black asian etc etc. So, people are now forced into these ‘colour’ identities.

    • @nolongerjuicyboiz4413
      @nolongerjuicyboiz4413 3 роки тому +5

      I think the UK adopted that from america, which is kinda sad. I hope we never get to the point where instead of calling people british, we'll call them like 'african-british' or 'asain-british'.

    • @NO.RASOV1234
      @NO.RASOV1234 3 роки тому

      As a person from Israel we don't care about color, a lot of the reason is because we came from different places and at least a portion of the citizens doesn't really care about color. If someone will ask me if I consider myself white because of my 'white' skin I'll just say that doesn't matter

    • @nolongerjuicyboiz4413
      @nolongerjuicyboiz4413 3 роки тому +1

      @Vladimir Putin No but there's a difference between what nazi germany did, and the cultural marxism of america (which wasn't necessarily invented in america, but is certainly pervasive in america more so than in other english speaking countries, or any other countries for that matter). In nazi germany, you never had jews saying that they were in fact the oppressor and that they were responsible for all the economic hardship of germany, but in america it's largely white people who are making themselves the villain of history, and the oppressor, and they're bringing back a form of marxism - this time though the bourgeoisie and upper class has been replaced by white people, and the oppressed are the ethnic minorities, and the whole of history can be viewed as just a race struggle. Hitler might have been preaching a form of race theory, but what america is popularising is Critical Race Theory. Also, this idea of race theory, or white people/any race if people being a master race far predated hitler. Hitler never invented race theory. That's like the people who day hitler invented anti-semitism. He certainly didn't.

    • @dangercat9188
      @dangercat9188 2 роки тому

      @@nolongerjuicyboiz4413 the brits brought that shit over to the US though. British people just like to act like they've never done anything wrong. British people made America what it is today.

    • @dangercat9188
      @dangercat9188 2 роки тому

      @777qvex slavery...

  • @nji7772
    @nji7772 5 років тому +9

    I am Ash. My dad and his parents were all holocaust survivors. Bratislava has the oldest Jewish community in Europe (since the 11C). I am not ashamed of what I am a mediteranean colour (or brown if you will with olive skin). Never got treated as anything other than what I am. Got called all kinds of derogatory names as a child. Colour is ridiculous. People see you how they choose to and there is nothing that can be done about that.

  • @mousarabipour5800
    @mousarabipour5800 4 роки тому +21

    Iranian jews.long love all Iranian❤

    • @yelenas7923
      @yelenas7923 3 місяці тому

      We, the Israelis dream about a peace between us

  • @cexino
    @cexino 6 років тому +77

    I am Baige but i personally prefer purple people but dark green people are what makes the world a really terrible place.

    • @levi-dh9fu
      @levi-dh9fu 4 роки тому +1

      Totally agree

    • @cexino
      @cexino 3 роки тому +1

      @CreepyGlider LOLOL

  • @andrewjenkins2918
    @andrewjenkins2918 6 років тому +75

    Most of them don't look particularly different from other Levantine populations, the Levant not being an entirely homogenous place phenotype wise to begin with.

    • @komfykoala6083
      @komfykoala6083 5 років тому +3

      @rr rr Levantines are originally light complected. People from the Gulf nations who are much darker migrated to the area in the 7th century and forward, and now the area is quite heterogenous. Additionally the area was conquered by the British and French and a lot of people from the Caucasus region migrated to the area.

    • @nooraqueen2716
      @nooraqueen2716 4 роки тому +2

      rr rr The Arabs are not an unified ethnic group, but a massive mixed identity. The only real Arabs are those from the Gulf states, where they came from. Arabs in Levant, Iraq and North Africa are mostly recognized as Arabized people, whom many of its cultures are not the same to Gulf Arabs except the language. Levant and North Africa, however, had a long contact with ancient civilization, being used to have Roman influences. Arabs came from Arabian peninsula etc gulf . before they invaded other lands and intermarried with the people. Their natural skin tone is mostly tanned olive Hair is usually wavy or curly, but not as curly as Northeast Africans. Eye brows are thicker than most Europeans. Eye lashes are longer than Europeans and the lips are thicker. Levant arabs In the other hand are much lighter than Peninsula Arabs . Due to the crucade, many Lebanese and Palestinians carry European ancestry. Their appearance resembles Southern Europeans, with nose and eyes smaller than most Middle Easterners and the lips look more like Europeans.

    • @fgh5858
      @fgh5858 3 роки тому

      @Cetori_-_Xubi 🙂 wow so nobody does plastic surgery except for lebanese persian does it in the USA korea

    • @nooraqueen2716
      @nooraqueen2716 3 роки тому

      @Quack The Duck lol no not traced to mesopotamia , Arabs originated from Arabia from thousands of years Iraq later became Arab and today most of them have significant Arabian dna ! And Yes, yes, there were SOME Arabs in the Levant and Mesopotamia pre-Muslim invasion - like literally a handful of tribes, but they were a MINORITY, and it was well-known even back then that they were not originally from the Levant and that they emigrated from the gulf. Moreover, people do not realise that Arabs prefer to marry other Arabs so as to preserve the “purity” of their bloodlines, so mixing with the local population was not as common as people like to think.

    • @MrResearcher122
      @MrResearcher122 3 роки тому

      @@nooraqueen2716 African DNA is in Arabia and high in Levant, and before Islam, since Palestine is,really, North East Africa, and Arabia, like Italian Peninsula tothe European Continent, a Peninsula of the African Continent.

  • @levyboroda8356
    @levyboroda8356 5 років тому +75

    I’m blue da ba dee da bu dai

    • @ettaphil9586
      @ettaphil9586 3 роки тому +2

      😁😁👍

    • @أيّوبجبنوني-غ4ف
      @أيّوبجبنوني-غ4ف 3 роки тому +2

      The funny thing there is no white or black humans just pink and light brown and brown guys call them selves white and dark brown people call themselves black and arabs call themselves brown and we are the only ones correct

    • @ettaphil9586
      @ettaphil9586 3 роки тому

      @@أيّوبجبنوني-غ4ف True, but where did this come from?

    • @أيّوبجبنوني-غ4ف
      @أيّوبجبنوني-غ4ف 3 роки тому

      @@ettaphil9586 america the land of rasicsm cause it is a mix of Europeans taking a single European race can make a civil war and devide the country to continue there racism they sould create a new race which they did a race which combine of all Europeans and so yeah and for the usage of the word white cause white is used mostly to describe good things for example white night or bright etc they called africans black cause of rasicm cause black color and dark is mostly used for bad things so yeah that is it and finally low key the wasps are being rasicst to other Europeans but in secret so the country doesn't get devided wasps are germans and british( anglo saksphon)

  • @schurgy16
    @schurgy16 6 років тому +75

    Generally, Israeli's seem to be a combination of Middle-Eastern and white. The one who said they look closer to Hispanic people has it really nailed down

    • @screamtoasigh9984
      @screamtoasigh9984 6 років тому +4

      There are only four races. (In layman's terms: Black, White, Native, Asian) You're describing ethnicities (Jewish is an ethnicity btw).

    • @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo
      @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo 6 років тому +8

      Hispanics are a mix of white and proto-Asian and some African. I've meet half black and white people who look middle eastern or hispanic. You can't really pin down mixed race people.

    • @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo
      @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo 6 років тому +6

      @@screamtoasigh9984 "Native" is not a real classification. "Native Americans" are actually the Proto-Asian I'm mentioned earlier. The reasons some central and latin Americans have eyes somewhat similar to Asians is because "Native Americans" are the forefathers of today's Asian.

    • @russellstone6390
      @russellstone6390 6 років тому

      Rev. 2:9

    • @Kryptonien99
      @Kryptonien99 6 років тому +1

      Jackson Winkleson
      Exactly

  • @dobishs
    @dobishs 6 років тому +80

    The last guy has the best answer.

    • @velvy3784
      @velvy3784 6 років тому +3

      Looks like Gene Wilder

  • @zvi303
    @zvi303 3 роки тому +6

    All racists consider Jews to be the opposite race of whatever they are.
    Our ancestors described themselves almost two thousand years ago in Israel - in mishna negaim - not black, not white, but in the middle.

    • @shainazion4073
      @shainazion4073 2 роки тому

      Jews are the color of boxwood, if you look at boxwood it is wheat colored.

  • @cheekypop
    @cheekypop 6 років тому +16

    i think the concept of whiteness is quite dated and can easily be chipped away at when you start asking whether jews, armenians, greeks, etc fall under that label. it still makes sense as a colloquial distinction but when talking seriously about race we should be thinking in terms of europeanness rather than whiteness

    • @supahnubz
      @supahnubz 4 роки тому +3

      Obviously people generally mean Caucasians of European ancestry when they say White.

    • @wiltisdabest
      @wiltisdabest 3 роки тому

      @@supahnubz you realize all Greeks are European? Also many Armenians obviously are pure European blood or mostly

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe Рік тому

      Really it should just be Northern Europe cause Serbians look like Turks

    • @Lucien234-i2z
      @Lucien234-i2z Рік тому

      It means people from Europe so Greeks are white because they are Europeans! Armenians and Israelis are not white unless they have European ancestry.

  • @fusgersnabble224
    @fusgersnabble224 6 років тому +12

    Lets settle this - nobody is white but albinos - everyone has a tint of brown.

  • @peonypetal5405
    @peonypetal5405 5 років тому +25

    "I think our strength is we know how to find within ourselves both white and black." Simply beautiful. I can't wait for this to be the mainstream thinking of people in the US.

  • @theworldvideos1
    @theworldvideos1 6 років тому +13

    In Europe, racial terms is a big thing because western European in the past was a very mono racial society, where everyone was white. So when the first non-European immigrants came, they came from a different culture and sometimes different religion. Israel doesn't have that because it is a country that has never been a mono-racial society, even during the Ottoman and British Empires, the land that is now Israel has always had different peoples of different colours, probably because of the holy cities such as Jerusalem which attracts followers of certain religions around the world. Interesting to observe in the video that the person at 7:45 with the piercing, looks more Asian than white. If I didn't know him, I would have thought he was from Japan !!

    • @herrkulor3771
      @herrkulor3771 5 років тому +2

      What have you been smoking? Europe has incredibly many ethnicities and looks. People in europe are more settled. So of course they care if someone new comes to try and take land if they are european or not. Your concept shows you are not familiar with the country concept where things are built up together and you share costs and culture, risk your life in war together with your neighbor. If someone new comes of course they have to fit. It's not about color. There are all colors in europe. I'm "white", still I get resistance wherever I go here. It's not the way you think. Europeans are protective of what has been built if it is of good. I'm questioning your mind and purpose.

  • @colivri336
    @colivri336 2 роки тому +10

    I am Sephardic Jewish. In Puerto Rico I was considered white. In the mainland USA I was considered Latino. Anglo-Americans are obsessed with racial categories and leave the most important aspects of culture like language to be erased. It's a divide and conquer mentality. Look at what happened to Louisiana. The USA is great in many aspects but the racialization of everyone in the world is a trap. Unfortunately many Anglo US Jews assimilate to this trap and become weaker with internal divisions and further assimilation. Either way, eventually we will never be white enough or black enough or Latino enough.

  • @panthro213
    @panthro213 5 років тому +5

    Dear Israeli's, you are Arab not white or Hispanic or anything else. Is a Nigerian a different race from a Ghanaian? Different language and culture perhaps but not different in race. If Israeli's are white then so are Palestinians. A word to the wise is sufficient.

    • @TheTsbak
      @TheTsbak 2 місяці тому

      We aren’t Arab. We are Jews. We are middle eastern. Mediterranean also works, but we have nothing to do with the Arabian Peninsula besides living next to Arabs that are from there for hundreds of years.

  • @josipmickovic2572
    @josipmickovic2572 6 років тому +7

    I'm in Ireland, from Herzegovina originally, mix of Adriatic sea people, guy at 1:00 said what majority of people are saying in Europe. Been asked quite a lot am I from Israel ( Italian is the second guess even from Italians when they ask me, people in Spain think I'm joking if I speak English ) as well. Northern blue eyed blond haired usually don't consider Mediterranean as European as I've noticed.

    • @urvanhroboatos8044
      @urvanhroboatos8044 5 років тому

      Nije realno. Pravi bijelci oni iz Grčke, Italije..... dok su sjevernjaci barbari došli tek nakon što je zapadna civilizacija već bila formirana.

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe Рік тому

      It’s cause you’re Balkan, we’re genetically half middle eastern

  • @georgeengland1699
    @georgeengland1699 5 років тому +23

    They are just proud to be Israel's and so they should be.

  • @Marge719
    @Marge719 4 роки тому +28

    They don't even understand the concept, I like that! :)

    • @NoVisionGuy
      @NoVisionGuy 3 роки тому +1

      In American context, White = European
      But in Europe and Middle-east Asia
      There are Mediterranean (Berber, Hispanic, Italic, Levantine, Turkic, Greek, others), Mainland European (Germanic, Scandinavian, Gaelic), Eastern European (Slavic, Caucasian, Persian, Kazakhs, Turks)
      These are only the light skinned listed that could be considered as "white" in North American context.

  • @sashagamino2268
    @sashagamino2268 3 роки тому +14

    I realized something. The guy asking the questions thinks in terms of division. The people answering think in terms of unity - not black or white . They're just Israelis. All Israelis I know and ever have known are thinking in terms of sort of a brothers and sisters and friends kind of thing - just Israelis.
    They don’t think in terms of what country their ancestors came from or their hair and skin or any of those kinds of categories. That’s why a lot of them are sort of confused by his questions. It’s just not a part of their thinking. I've loved the Israelis I've known. They said that sometimes the really older people can be a bit racist but I’ve known a lot of older people - many over the years - and not a one of them has been prejudiced or racist.
    The Israelis I've known have been more idealistic than superficial. They seem to care more about what a person is like on the inside than what they look like or anything else superficial.

    • @StephenRosenbach
      @StephenRosenbach Рік тому

      Hi, I just would like to clarify, the interviewer (Corey Gil-Shuster) did not make up the question. People from all over and of various national and ethnic backgrounds send him questions. As a Canadian Jew who has lived in Israel for quite a while, and having seen many of his videos, I don't think he comes to these sessions with a fixed idea.

    • @saraleigh5336
      @saraleigh5336 Рік тому

      Jews are Jews.

  • @explosives101
    @explosives101 6 років тому +159

    "My fellow White People"

    • @MrMarsMissVenus
      @MrMarsMissVenus 4 роки тому +3

      Finally someone gets the point of this video. Rest of the commenters have no idea.

    • @basharthekindandgentle4346
      @basharthekindandgentle4346 3 роки тому

      I always refer to them as a race of elites that run the banking cartel and the media.

    • @rightwingreactionary
      @rightwingreactionary 3 роки тому +2

      To be fair, most of them claimed they're not white. I think the "fellow white people" mentality is more of a Jewish-American thing.

  • @Bartooc
    @Bartooc 5 років тому +72

    Go to Bronx and ask people if they are black.

    • @Princess.Shay8
      @Princess.Shay8 5 років тому +2

      LOL

    • @Jay-jj9gh
      @Jay-jj9gh 4 роки тому +6

      @@oribattash9449 It's an honest question, stop teaching people to be afraid of black people. For someone like you, you'd be surprised on how many great and educated answers you'd get.

    • @yaheladom2440
      @yaheladom2440 4 роки тому +5

      @@Jay-jj9gh Black people are bad?? Why don't they work? Black people ask money and robbery for drugs.

    • @oribattash9449
      @oribattash9449 4 роки тому +1

      Omar I don’t said nothing near to that but be real, u think u can go their and ask them if they r black and not getting hit?

    • @Jay-jj9gh
      @Jay-jj9gh 4 роки тому +4

      @@oribattash9449 Yes, if you ask them in a genuine manner ignorant idiot. If you were to ask me I'd implore you on what you meant and hopefully we'd have an enlightening discussion.

  • @novazemlja2921
    @novazemlja2921 6 років тому +11

    I believe people use 'white' exclusively for Europeans and people of European ancestry. Obviously anyone can say they are white, because at the end of the day you are just describing your skin tone. But technically speaking white and black aren't the correct terms, because both Europeans and Africans come in all shades.
    US is really weird, I don't understand why Black Americans call themselves African-American. You are American like everyone else, why do you need to include your origin. I can understand if you use the term when we are talking about a descriptive feature, but even then not all Africans are technically black. Imagine if everyone included their county of origin. Hi I'm English-American, Irish-American, French-American, I think you get my point. It just doesn't make any sense.

    • @nandinibandhini
      @nandinibandhini 5 років тому +1

      @Nova Zemlja Actually- believe it or not- if you would ask an African-American from where they descend in Africa they take it as a big insult. The tip of the scale to them is more American than African. They don´t relate to their true origins in Africa at all. (maybe bc of the slavery???)
      Compare this to a current born and bred Morrocan in Belgium, France or Holland for example they are always able to tell you to the ¨T¨"from where there ancestors are in Morroco. They will name the area and city. Never forgetting their ¨roots´´
      Strange isn´ it? Same goes for Turks.
      They wont say we are Belgian-Turks but Turks born in Belgium or elsewhere in Europe. A sense of nationalism plays a major part as well. I admit to that.
      This race definition is so weird and the connotation it carries is still heavily influenced by history. (and partially by racism and sense of superiority).

  • @karmicobsession1636
    @karmicobsession1636 6 років тому +12

    This is a bad question for the simply fact that the way we think of race in America is very specific to the United States.

  • @ChanaRules
    @ChanaRules 4 роки тому +15

    White-passing Jew ≠ White person, but Ashkenazi who look more "white" have some privileges, that's for sure.

    • @rebbiakiva
      @rebbiakiva 3 місяці тому +1

      Many Ashkenazi Jews are darker than Sefardi or Mizrahi Jews.

  • @rookie9353
    @rookie9353 6 років тому +17

    I think they confused the skin color with a racial classification. Definitely, but I'm surprised that in Israel they don't care about what skin color you are, like: Just be yourself. Amazing people, I'm not Jewish but my grandparents are from Israel. Algeria and Hungary by the way.

    • @Imayebrook
      @Imayebrook 3 роки тому +2

      dont listen to the media. israel is inclusive and democratic

  • @Navenadnik
    @Navenadnik 6 років тому +38

    I am glad this was a topic of discussion. The US is exhausting the idea of clumping into large groups without distinguishing anything but the basic layer. Being proud of being Israeli together, should be embraced as a whole - one day we'll succeed and happiness will definitely be experienced, but we have to see we're all family throughout the millennia, no matter no matter how we frustrate one another at times :P
    חג חנוכה שמח! ותודה רבה הסרטונים שלך.

    • @shevetlevi2821
      @shevetlevi2821 2 роки тому +1

      I love your comment. We're Am Achad.

  • @Marginallist
    @Marginallist 5 років тому +96

    I must say, i laughed a lot. I love how most of them think of white more as s color rather than a race and I absolutely LOVE how much it doesn’t matter in Israel.
    P.s: Omg that David guy is so educated and look at the concept in the whole new and different point of view.

    • @thesilentway1086
      @thesilentway1086 3 роки тому

      @Ida B that David guy looks a little European , A little Asian and a little African.

    • @mannyechaluce3814
      @mannyechaluce3814 Рік тому

      Because they are not as diverse as in the US

    • @LoveBeliefTruth
      @LoveBeliefTruth Рік тому +1

      It doesn't matter in Europe because it's American concept. I don't understand it at all! I'm from Finland, the land of whitest of whites, colouring wise. But for centuries Europeans accused us as Mongols.

    • @AmethystEyes
      @AmethystEyes Рік тому

      @@mannyechaluce3814to be fair USA has a bigger population

    • @jessicasinclair691
      @jessicasinclair691 Рік тому

      @@AmethystEyes of idiots

  • @tomislavv2635
    @tomislavv2635 6 років тому +21

    I have respect for the people of all races. However, as Jews and Zionists we do not define ourselfs in this terms. From the tropical beaches of Eilat, to the snowy mountains of Hermon, the Land of Israel had shaped the Jewish people, according to itself.

    • @nielsqbc4
      @nielsqbc4 6 років тому

      and so has the rest of the world. Jews are about every skine tone now, which is a plus in a world that considers you racist if your population happens to be homogenous.

    • @Krajisnika87
      @Krajisnika87 6 років тому

      well..your name is croatian...

    • @tomislavv2635
      @tomislavv2635 6 років тому +3

      @@Krajisnika87
      I am half Serbian, half Jewish, defining myself as Jew and I live in Serbia.

  • @cuitlamcuautencos8306
    @cuitlamcuautencos8306 4 роки тому +3

    I've seen white, or light skinned Palestinians, And I've seen white Jewish Israelis. I've also seen dark skinned Palestinians and dark skinned Israelis, and both nationalities in a lightish tanned color with hazle or dark brown eyes.

    • @Qwerty-ey5fi
      @Qwerty-ey5fi 4 роки тому +1

      Many Israeli Arabs (Muslims) and Palestinians look part Black, like Egyptans but Darker than Syrians/Lebanese. I was surprised.

  • @TheBlueSkateboard
    @TheBlueSkateboard 8 місяців тому +2

    I'm half Ashkenazi and half Mizrahi. Growing up in a Mizrahi-dominant elementary school I actually experienced mild discrimination for being Ashkenazi. Then I moved to Canada to a super racist white neighborhood and experienced Islamophobia for years on end because bullies saw me as an Arab.

  • @noagan3204
    @noagan3204 3 роки тому +5

    Israel is very diverse in skin colors and cultures since a lot of Israelis came from very different part of the world, so most people don’t really care about skin color as much as cultural differences or religion

  • @shaniquo3900
    @shaniquo3900 4 роки тому +9

    Those American terms aren't universal and can't be applied everywhere. I'm from Mexico but all my family comes from Korea. I'm Latin American but Americans seems to get confused when they hear me speaking Spanish

  • @LemoTetson
    @LemoTetson Рік тому +2

    I’ve always seen Ashkenazi Jews as Euro-Semitic, genetically. They absolutely descend fell the biblical Semitic Hebrews, but European converts definitely married into Ashkenazi communities centuries ago.

  • @BoardroomBuddha
    @BoardroomBuddha 3 роки тому +12

    Interesting discussion. I would love to see Corey ask Jews in Canada or the USA if they are "white". Most will say "Yes". Ask an Arab living in the USA or Canada and they will definitely say "No." It's about social acceptance and access to power in the USA/Canada. To my deceased grandmother who was an adult in the 1920s, Italians and Germans were also not "white".
    A better question is whether these people consider Jews and Arabs to both be "semetic"...

    • @_AultraGreen_
      @_AultraGreen_ Рік тому

      well they are but western culture thinks antisemetism is anti jews which is not true, western society spread the message of antisemetism is anti jews but if you search the meaning it is anyone who is against abrahamic religions so islam and judaism, christianity is sub-judaism but wanted to just make judaism easier for people to worship which judaism in its original form is impossible to completely worship as well as islam, you cant follow so many rules and still be alive.

    • @saraleigh5336
      @saraleigh5336 Рік тому

      Most will not say yes, necessarily. But that is definitely the argument constructed by myth of “settler colonialism.”

    • @Sgr667
      @Sgr667 Рік тому

      ​@@_AultraGreen_sorry to Burst your bubble dude. The term antisemitic was coined in Germany in the 1800s as Jew hatred. They didn't have a lot of Muslim in Europe at that time so the only "semitic people" they knew at the time were basically the jews

  • @thomaszweig3130
    @thomaszweig3130 5 років тому +15

    Most lol and interesting part about this: Moroccan grandmother's used to be racist while their grandson generation doesn't even identify as white.
    Something must have happend

    • @giaa_777
      @giaa_777 3 роки тому +3

      You can be racist and not white

  • @alien4053
    @alien4053 5 років тому +9

    8:38
    "There is a stigma about some groups of people and not so much their color."
    "Which group are we talking about. Name something just as an example"
    "Ethiopians...and Sudanese"
    So basically black people. smh.

    • @jeromeperez6904
      @jeromeperez6904 5 років тому +2

      Sudanese are not Israelis and they enter in the territory without authorization

  • @joemaro2926
    @joemaro2926 6 років тому +5

    0:50 There is a reporter in Japan that investigates the Yakuza, Jake Adelstein - Ashkenazi. He walked into the Saitama police HQ. He was immediately nabbed. They thought he was an Iranian prisoner that had escaped. My Japanese wife thought our rabbi, Carnie Rose was an Iranian too.

    • @joemaro2926
      @joemaro2926 6 років тому +1

      @Ian Miles I never said "Goy." What are you talking about?

    • @joemaro2926
      @joemaro2926 6 років тому

      @@jaykay415 My apologies.

    • @jaykay415
      @jaykay415 6 років тому

      @@joemaro2926 no apology necessary, -just explaining :)

    • @joemaro2926
      @joemaro2926 6 років тому

      @@jaykay415 The UA-cam feed is spotty. Ashkenazi Dissident Right
      's comments did not show up in the feed, but I did get Ian Mile's comment. I just assumed he was replying to me . . . Be well.

    • @jamessilver6429
      @jamessilver6429 5 років тому

      @Eternal Fisherman dont be sad be frum we're all jewish

  • @workinonit7508
    @workinonit7508 5 років тому +88

    Isarel looks beautiful

    • @rban123
      @rban123 5 років тому +7

      It’s very beautiful but they have a shit government.

    • @sionc1372
      @sionc1372 5 років тому +10

      @@rban123 aren't all government shitty?

    • @daninoa9650
      @daninoa9650 5 років тому +7

      @@rban123 as an Israeli, I agree

    • @patriceoneil7276
      @patriceoneil7276 5 років тому +1

      Because it's your motherland you are the true daughter of zion.. facts

    • @jaylikjackson1987
      @jaylikjackson1987 5 років тому +4

      @@patriceoneil7276 no, not all black are just a little part of people from etiophia are

  • @zakur0hako
    @zakur0hako 4 роки тому +13

    i like how straight questions are. no bullshit

  • @Atombender
    @Atombender 6 років тому +53

    8:10 "I have all the privileges I deserve" lol

    • @jakooob2012
      @jakooob2012 5 років тому +10

      Im a white Man and I don't understand, what he means lol

    • @מציאותימציאותי
      @מציאותימציאותי 4 роки тому +3

      He wanted to say that he is western.

    • @Skrill10
      @Skrill10 4 роки тому +5

      All the whit privilege he means

    • @balrajsingh776
      @balrajsingh776 4 роки тому +10

      That point was lost in translation/misinterpreted, he sounded like a reasonable, open person.

    • @Precisionetica
      @Precisionetica 3 роки тому +1

      I think the privilege that he speaking of is selling his Bussey on the street As opposed to the Internet.. In Israel and in Europe.

  • @trashpanda9615
    @trashpanda9615 5 років тому +16

    Ask Jewish people in New York City. I think you may get some really interesting responses

    • @woodulike2know391
      @woodulike2know391 3 роки тому +1

      At another point history they considered themselves white. Even checked the white box. Until being white isn't convenient anymore. Now they check the other box

    • @benjifurman4771
      @benjifurman4771 3 роки тому

      @@woodulike2know391 Funnily enough we’ve probably started to consider ourselves MORE white in the more recent times. Most other points in history we we’re very isolated in our Shtetls from the traditional white Europeans. You’ll probably find throughout history Jews considered themselves to be Jews. And didn’t delve much into the idea of race and such. So you are actually wrong with that point. Race and whiteness is a very new Western secular thing. It’s only recently have we Jews started calling a lot of ourselves white. And it’s expected since we’ve become more integrated with the USA in the post modern era. Which is why you have a lot of white guilt and woke virtue signaling coming from Jews. Though I’m not sure I will be able to have the most rational conversation with you. Seeing your other comments you’re probably not very fond of Jews in general. But we will see if that can be put aside.

    • @cybershot7818
      @cybershot7818 2 роки тому

      @@woodulike2know391 They checked the white box to become citizens. It is funny that you guys already forgot your dark history and racial segregation

    • @mizrahiwithattitude2733
      @mizrahiwithattitude2733 Рік тому +1

      israelis are darker then american jews tho most jews in america have roots in europe while in israel most jews have roots in africa and asia

  • @DT-my3jo
    @DT-my3jo 3 роки тому +2

    How can someone goes around the Middle-east asking people if they feel white is beyond me.

  • @andriar.1039
    @andriar.1039 6 років тому +8

    Being "white" is an American thing to be honest. Here in Europe we don't even consider ourselves "white" not in the same way Americans do, it's pretty obvious our skin is white but we identify ourselves more with our ethnicity, region/language family, etc

    • @marksimons8861
      @marksimons8861 6 років тому +1

      On the whole I agree but that is a symptom of white privilege. I understand Black and Asian people living in Europe are more likely to think in these terms. However, there are large parts of Europe that have very tiny numbers of immigrants.

    • @HueyPPLong
      @HueyPPLong 5 років тому

      I agree with you but I'll say also that "white American" is a proper ethnicity just with a more recent "ethnogenesis"

    • @HueyPPLong
      @HueyPPLong 5 років тому

      Also its not only an American thing. It's a thing in most colonial nations. South Africa, Australia, a lot of Latin America

    • @Србомбоница86
      @Србомбоница86 3 роки тому

      @@marksimons8861 lmfao yes go to eastern europe and be Priviliged earning 200 dollars a month ,get the fuck out of here

  • @aos1762
    @aos1762 6 років тому +8

    People in this region ( I'm from there too) care more about ethnic, religion or classism discrimination

  • @TorahisLifeandLight
    @TorahisLifeandLight 4 роки тому +3

    I am a Sephardic Jew...since i was child my family talked about this topic and told us what we were culturally and genetically and i also learned it from University as part of my World history and religious studies. Jews from all North Africa nations and Iraq , Iran , and Afghan are considered white from genetic American Standards. When somebody fills out a job application in America, the ethnicity questions comes up and they are asked if they are from the North Africa they are not Hispanics but considered white but not Germanic white or from Magog lands like Russians countries.
    However, Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal are also considered white, but not "white" from Scandinavian countries or Visogoths or Ostrogoths commonly known as Germanic tribes are a different genetic happlo group but it refers to the region where the cultures originated.
    The Germanic tribes and Magog land whites are "white pales" as the Romans used to call them in 69AD. Jews are middle eastern from the Levant region originally and also Mediterranean melanin type color which is called "olive skin " since they intermarried with Romans and Greeks ( those who did not keep Torah) because it looks like olive oil when tanned under the Sun but also white not under the sun like amber color.
    Another thing, Jews were scattered around the world since 922BCE and after 70AD they exiled to Spain or Iberia peninsula , balkan countries like Macedonia , North Africa and Arabic countries but it doesn't mean they lost their origins, culture or genetic heritage. ..and they were also Jews who intermarried other races for those who did not keep Torah, we called them anusim or (marranos ) conversos. Just because they were persecuted by the white Christians. Those who fully converted into christianity lost their Jewish heritage, culture, and origins. But they are still Jews genetically speaking.

  • @spongebobsquarepants4137
    @spongebobsquarepants4137 6 років тому +20

    This video is hilariously awkward.

  • @walterdiaz2003
    @walterdiaz2003 3 роки тому +5

    These videos are great. You want to know about a country then talk to the people, in the streets, they are the country. Good job!

  • @miteshmohapatra7273
    @miteshmohapatra7273 3 роки тому +2

    Everyone asks 'who is white' but no one asks 'how is white'..

  • @amiecooper2539
    @amiecooper2539 4 роки тому +9

    This is absolutely fascinating. Not to mention fairly confusing.

    • @gsaigo8375
      @gsaigo8375 3 роки тому

      It's reality, those who insist to concentrate on the differences between people are the ones causing all the fear and confusion

  • @ese-el-marron-mexicano7152
    @ese-el-marron-mexicano7152 6 років тому +9

    Corey you are a Jew how can you ask such question. Of course are Israelis not European white but they belong to the Mediterranean race which is a part of the Caucasian race so they're more brownish like Italians,Greeks,Spaniards,Portuguese

    • @mta3813
      @mta3813 6 років тому

      No. There are alot of jews from diffrent places. So each person is diffrent. My jewish family is syrian and moroccan. Im not caucasian .

    • @ese-el-marron-mexicano7152
      @ese-el-marron-mexicano7152 6 років тому +1

      @@mta3813 What you mean? Syrians(Levantines) Morrocans(North Africans) are Caucasian learn history.

    • @ese-el-marron-mexicano7152
      @ese-el-marron-mexicano7152 6 років тому +1

      @@mta3813 The Caucasian race of Europe, Western Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa.

    • @ese-el-marron-mexicano7152
      @ese-el-marron-mexicano7152 6 років тому +2

      @@mta3813 If your family is Syrian and Morrocan by blood then i guess you're just converted Jews,no matter where Jews are from they always put Jew/ before the countries they come from so a Syrian Jew is not a Syrian but a Syrian with Israelite Jewish origins .

    • @mta3813
      @mta3813 6 років тому +1

      @@ese-el-marron-mexicano7152 ok 😎

  • @pcgamingonyt5798
    @pcgamingonyt5798 3 роки тому +4

    Lol 😂 Syrian , Lebanese , Jordanian are more white then Israelies

  • @ChristopherJohnsonArtist
    @ChristopherJohnsonArtist 3 роки тому +10

    That was a strange question. Being "white" (in American terms) usually refers to having European ancestors so it is very strange to ask most middle eastern people that.

    • @sharonefee1426
      @sharonefee1426 3 роки тому +1

      Well, explaim how in the US refer Arab and Italian as white.

    • @ChristopherJohnsonArtist
      @ChristopherJohnsonArtist 3 роки тому +3

      @@sharonefee1426 I've never seen videos from the U.S. referring to arab people as white.

    • @imurt3417
      @imurt3417 3 роки тому

      @@sharonefee1426 aren't italians white?

    • @tsumugikotobuki0131
      @tsumugikotobuki0131 2 роки тому

      @@ChristopherJohnsonArtist The US Government considers people from the Middle East and North Africa as white. Strangely, they base it purely on what country you're from, and not your ethnic group.

    • @sidimightbe
      @sidimightbe Рік тому

      @@imurt3417 no

  • @user-pd8hx8kc2n
    @user-pd8hx8kc2n 6 років тому +4

    I noticed it's mainly british and Americans identify by colour. Most Europeans don't identify by colour even though they're obviously white.

    • @christschool
      @christschool 5 років тому +1

      Oh really? I guess you've never heard of the concept from Germany called Aryan?

    • @christschool
      @christschool 5 років тому

      @Adrian Barnes Thanks Captain obvious.

  • @itieltischler9065
    @itieltischler9065 5 років тому +3

    There are no ''Israelis''. There are Ashkenazis, Mizrahis and some other groups. Ashkenazis are white, European. The rest aren't.
    Im am an Ashkenazi Jew. I have blue eyes, blond hair and European facial features. Ashkenazis look like Europeans, behave like Europeans and come for Europe. They seem quite white to me

    • @Fire__77
      @Fire__77 5 років тому +1

      Itiel Tischler
      No, Ashkenazis do not look European unless they breed with them
      Your race alone looks Middle Easterner because that’s where your people originate from
      Stop making two different races of people seem the same

    • @tFighterPilot
      @tFighterPilot 3 роки тому

      Maybe you look European. I sure don't.

  • @firecrackerNJ2CA
    @firecrackerNJ2CA 3 роки тому +5

    I still don't get this fascination with race and skin color. Culture and language are more important

  • @-------------------DD
    @-------------------DD 2 роки тому +4

    I'm an Arab. I love the guy at the end with the keepa. He's absolutely correct.

  • @rebbiakiva
    @rebbiakiva 3 місяці тому +2

    The Levantine people (Israeli, Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian) are all mixed. We live in a region that was conquered from the East and from the West from the North and from the South. We all have similar genes but they all got mixed up by the Greeks, the Romans, the Mamluks, the Arabs, the Crusades, the Ottomans, etc.

  • @Србомбоница86
    @Србомбоница86 Рік тому +5

    I am Serbian only ,never thought I am white 😅not anglo American white nor western white nor slavic white lol ,ONLY SERBIAN,thats all I care about

    • @fightingtub4332
      @fightingtub4332 9 місяців тому

      u dont even care about beinng slavic? oh no dude thats a bad look. slavs should protect together

  • @sabihademirtas5523
    @sabihademirtas5523 3 роки тому +9

    Your skin color only matters in make-up stores if you want to buy a foundation that matches your skin color. Other than that it's not important at all.

    • @lf1496
      @lf1496 3 роки тому

      In the world it determines whether a policeman in America, France, or even Israel chokes you or beats you to death. America created a system of APARTHEID that demonized "African-ness" to the point of saying one drop of African blood "polluted" you. Unfortunately that idea from the European and Arab slave trade has been exported all over the world. It's quite ignorant being that all humans Homo Sapiens descend from African people🙄

  • @thementalist298
    @thementalist298 Рік тому +2

    What a great place is Israel. People there have difficults to understand what's the point of the question.

  • @dzulkafleysamad4980
    @dzulkafleysamad4980 4 роки тому +6

    Everybody look middle eastern to me. End of story. Next question please.

  • @dabs1372
    @dabs1372 4 роки тому +132

    Americans: hey don't y'all discriminate each other as blacks or whites?
    Rest of the world: 👁️👄👁️

    • @oyemate8647
      @oyemate8647 4 роки тому +1

      @Sihaexactly! Theres that scetch were a guy says that now white supremisists are agreeing most with far left ,,tolerant people’’

    • @felipec.2854
      @felipec.2854 4 роки тому +1

      All america has the same problem of the USA, but maybe a little bit different

    • @AppleGoodman
      @AppleGoodman 4 роки тому +6

      The US is one of the least racist places in the world tho, and this is coming from a European

    • @dabs1372
      @dabs1372 4 роки тому +2

      @@AppleGoodman i am European too this is not true. Where u from?

    • @AppleGoodman
      @AppleGoodman 4 роки тому +5

      @@dabs1372 America is very diverse and they have many minority rights movements and stuff like that while Europe rarely fights for these things. Im not saying all European countries are more racist than the US but most are. It also depends what areas we are talking about but generally the US is less racist. I am Mediterranean btw

  • @tudormiller887
    @tudormiller887 3 роки тому +4

    Israelis are all colours races and ethnicities. Shalom ✡️🕎🇮🇱🙏

  • @lana89001
    @lana89001 5 років тому +3

    I mean...being Jewish doesn’t mean that you are a certain color, we all came from different parts of the world so we have different skin colors. Until now I didn’t even understand how much we don’t care about it and don’t identify in that concept. I’m from Georgia-Russia, I have friends from Morocco, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy...
    We are all between white-brown skin color, but we never think of it like in the US. It’s quite weird.

    • @sharonefee1426
      @sharonefee1426 3 роки тому

      The American most of the time refer Jews as white. Why? no idea.

  • @seaneckhart9914
    @seaneckhart9914 3 роки тому +4

    Dont let this fool you that they are innocent about race. There's a reason they still don't accept Ethiopian Jews

    • @shainazion4073
      @shainazion4073 2 роки тому +2

      Ethiopian Jews are part of Israeli society. If you can show me Any country that spent billions of dollars on people that were actually strangers to save them, support them, teach them and incorporate them into their society, like Israel did with the Ethiopian Jews, I would like to see that.

  • @broareyouseriousbro5115
    @broareyouseriousbro5115 6 років тому +10

    people try to paint places such as the middle east with 1 colour, im ethnic kurd with my mom being whiter then a european and my dad much darker, as a result kids in middle school would think my brother and me were adopted, a diverse looking family

    • @kurdishmountainlion2516
      @kurdishmountainlion2516 5 років тому +1

      bro are you serious bro? ? Im kurd i have brown hair but my brother is blonde

    • @broareyouseriousbro5115
      @broareyouseriousbro5115 4 роки тому

      @Killikia Productions false, kurds are a mixed people with different ancestry of many diffrent nations, however unlike european nations and maybe turkey we consider one another family, if u consider yourself kurdish then your kurdish, whether u look indian or russian. brothers sister mothers fathers all different but the love is all there, but yea i agree with u more brown then white depending on where u look

  • @sicilianupazzu5374
    @sicilianupazzu5374 3 роки тому +4

    Exactly I'm Sicilian but only ones who call me white is African Americans.
    White Americans and Europeans call me an Arab 😆

  • @vinfacts11
    @vinfacts11 6 років тому +6

    This video proves that race is a social construct. The concept of white, black, etc are just creations of western world. I am a Bengali. When I lived in Bangladesh, I always seen myself and everyone as mixed, not particularly one "race". I am fair skinned and I don't look like a typical Bengali. There are Bengalis who can literally be of any color. There are dark people who are darker than Blacks. There are light skinned people who may pass as "white" (in Western sense), but what's most important is that, above all, we are all Bengali. Surely, there are certain narrow minded beliefs that fairer the skin, the "more intelligent, beautiful you will look", but overall, we all are united as Bengali.
    It's only after coming to the US, I see that I have been classified as "Asian" in US census, while in social definition, I am "brown". I disagree with the notion of a "brown" race. It's all based on a shared "desi" culture, assumption that all south Asians are brown skin, and certain stereotypes. But truth is we South Asians are off different colors, languages, cultures, etc. Kalasha people of Pakistan look just like the European "Whites", while people in the South, people are very dark. The idea that there are white, black, Asian, brown, etc races is just a social construct and not based on science. "Black" is often seen as original people of Africa, but a black from America and a Melanesian would look more typically similar than people of Africa. Why? Melanesians have mixed with the Polynesian people in the Pacific, while African Americans have admixtures from Europeans and Native Americans. Also a Khoisan and a Igbo Nigerian will look completely different

    • @killoreo
      @killoreo 5 років тому

      South Asians are Black to, no? So technically you can be classified yourself as Black as well as Asian, I would think.