"Where Are They From?"

This is a short segment from an introductory class on race and culture that is taught by Dr. Sam Richards at Penn State University. Today's video comes from the twenty-fifth class of the Spring 2022 semester. The live stream took place on Tuesday, April 12, 2022: • 22SP Class #25: Assump...
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[@Razear]

This exercise is actually a lot more difficult than one would think. Many of them who were not mixed look ethnically ambiguous.

[@di3486]

For an European, a white person of olive complexion doesn’t look ambiguous. That’s an issue that Americans have.

[@Nyamekye_]

I don't know what is wrong with most Latinx or Caribbean people. Dominican is not a race, nor is Puerto Rican. These are citizenships!

[@aced6990]

Neither is Guatemalan, British, Nicaraguan etc...it doesnt matter. By them being hispanic they are mixed. The same way the girl who said she was Black, White and Native american would be considered mixed. That is literally the same mix as being Puerto Rican or Dominican.

[@Nyamekye_]

@@aced6990 Let me be clear. Black is a race, White is a race, Native American is a race. Guatemalan, British, Italian, Dominican, Puerto Rican, American, ... are all citizenships. A lot of people need more education on the concept of race. Professor Sam should have called them out on this. For instance, if you take a DNA test, there is no such result as % Dominican, Guatemalan, etc. However, when a DNA test result says for example 76% German and 24% Irish, it only means you trace a big chunk of your ancestry to the people living in Germany. But everybody knows Germans are essentially white.

[@arianlatifi5492]

@@Nyamekye_ Native American is not a race. They can range from Inuit to Amazonian Natives.

[@SomeRandomHobo44]

@@arianlatifi5492 I'm not sure i know what you mean. I think you kind of are already proving native American is a race by saying they can range from inuit to Amazonian natives.
The race, as a whole, contains any of the indigenous peoples of anyone of the Americas (north, central, southern)

[@aced6990]

@@Nyamekye_ So essentially you don't believe anyone can be mixed race to begin with. There is no difference between an American with a black parent + white parent that we call "mixed" from a Hispanic who has the same mix of Afro + Euro DNA.
German, Irish aren't races either. That is DNA, them being majority white doesn't make their nationality a race. As you yourself are trying to clarify that nationalities aren't races you shouldnt be making exceptions.

[@jalengee8421]

That Kazakh and Palestinian ancestry is mixed too

[@rainbows5232]

i never understand americans who say they are mixed and say they are hafl american as if its an ethnicity? does she mean shes white but doesntt know what ethnicity her parent is?

[@goheine]

Most folks are mixed.