ethnicity

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Umar Ahmed @Mrgana1 (338) • Nigeria 1 Oct 17

Today marks the 57th year of my great country's independence. We have had our challenges but God has been by us and that is why we are still together despite our multi ethinic differences and agitations of marginalization and...

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Words that Generalize hurt People

staycyde @stacysdeadright (232) • United States 22 Mar 17

These days I try not to use words like "most of" or "mostly" before passing a negative comment. Attributing a bad trait of someone to someone else on can come across as judgemental. No one can predict what someone else will not...

life

ethnicity

social skills

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Were your ‘role models’ or ‘heroes’ the same sex and ethnic origin as you?

Fleur @Fleura (35037) • United Kingdom 27 Oct 15

In recent years, especially with the increase in single-parent families and the rise of ‘multiculturalism’ there has been more attention on trying to provide children and adolescents with appropriate role models, and the...

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DNA ethnicity

Samanthavv @Samanthavv (1380) • United States 25 Oct 15

I took a DNA test in April to work on identifying my paternal genealogy. Part of this test included my DNA ethnicity, which it thought was amazing. I always assumed I was just plain old Caucasian. My DNA test revealed that I had...

ethnicity

dna test

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How do you deal with them?

bluebutterfly20 @bluebutterfly20 (462) • United States 15 Mar 13

How do you deal with the Racist people?? I know someone who have been upset about it just because some people are just being racist. Does really ethnicity matter? Why is it that it is such a big deal for other people.

ethnicity

racist

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Clash of civilizations?

spicymary @spicymary (558) • Romania 6 Mar 13

Samuel P. Huntington writes a book - "Clash of civilizations" - in which he argue that after the Cold War, cilizations matter more than they did before and became the principal actors of international politics. Those are,...

clash of civilizations

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Racial Assignment is Arbitrary

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 2 May 12

Races are relatively arbitrary. If you study anthropology, the lines blur where the different ethnic groups come together because of intermarriage/breeding. Dark skinned peoples live along the equator with fairer skinned people,...

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Are we too sensitive to perceived insults to our race/ethnicity?

prettyruby @prettyruby (350) • United States 16 Oct 11

So, recently a Native American woman sent an open letter to Urban Outfitters stating how she found their labeling of Native American-inspired patterns and products as "Navajo" insulting and offensive. These objects include plastic...

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What countries do we represent on Mylot?

oXAquaXo @oXAquaXo (607) • United States 25 Sep 11

I've noticed that there are many different people here on Mylot from many different countries. It's so cool to meet people from places you've never seen or even heard of before! I am from the U.S., but I was born in China. So I...

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What ethnicity would you want to have if you're reborn again?

santosmarichris @santosmarichris (1849) • Philippines 11 Jul 10

Well, I've been Asian all my life. Lol... So, if given a choice I would like to be born with Latin ethnicity. I think their culture is very colorful and unique. I always wanted to speak their language too (ever since I can...

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Are you bi-racial or multii-racial?

tawny_24 @tawny_24 (341) • United States 1 Jan 10

I am. Do people try to guess what you are mixed with or ask you what you are? Do you think it is a benefit or do you struggle with the emotions that come along with other people's confusion or non acceptance?

ethnicity

race

stereotypes

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A Case of Mistaken Identity...

kcoregon @kcoregon (302) • United States 4 Aug 09

Have you ever been approached by someone who thought you were someone else? Or maybe they came up and started talking to you in a different language because they thought you were of a different ethnicity? Or maybe somebody thought...

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How many languages do you speak?

defcon505 @defcon505 (919) • United States 23 Jul 09

MyLot have members from all over the world. Obviously, we speak different languages. I speak three laguages: Tagala, Ilokano, and English. I'll be soon learning Spanish soon in August of this year. What about you?

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Why do people have different skin colors?

gicolet @gicolet (1702) • United States 29 May 09

Why did God make people in different skin colors? Or is it evolution again?? Were our first ancestors white? black? yellow? brown? What do you think was the first human race? This is very mind-boggling to me. If we evolved from an...

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Interratial dating

classicelfryoko @classicelfryoko (109) • United States 14 May 09

What do you guys think about it? Do you know people who are in a interratial relationship or have biratial children? I ask this because I am a biratial child myself. I am half black, and half filipina and a tiny bit of Irish...

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African American

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 20 Jan 09

There has been many people on myLot have said that President Obama is not a true african american.Excuse me I need to correct these people, his father was from Kenya.That is the african part.His mother from Hawaii,that's the...

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hawaii

kenya

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Recommendation-worthy stories by POC?

semicolonp @semicolonp (518) • Philippines 24 Oct 08

I'll be having quite an amount of free time in the near future, and I've been planning on spending it lazying around and reading a good book. Do any of you have any recommendations that fit these specifications? - written by a...

books recommendations

catering

ethnicity

race

Do you think I'm a racist?

kenzie45230 @kenzie45230 (3560) • United States 3 Oct 08

I ask because of something that happened on Tuesday. I was scheduled for some tests to see if I qualified for a medical study about menopause. I was being paid $100 for doing the tests that day, and if I qualify, I'll be paid...

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Racism - Are "Good" statements racist?

lizard211 @lizard211 (240) • United States 27 Sep 08

I am an adopted Asian-American. Growing up I can not tell you how many times I heard statements like "Oh, you must be good at math and science" or "All you Asians are smart, bla, bla". The funny thing is that I do kinda fit the...

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How do you do you teach them?

jessabelle @jessabelle (34) • United States 26 Jun 08

My son is 4 years old and is now starting to notice that people come in different colors, shapes, and sizes. Unfortunately we are not in a very ethnically diverse location (not by choice but by necessity.) I want him to know about...

children

ethnicity

races

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