The pair of you obviously have some comprehension issues, because that is exactly what I am saying, Caucasian doesn't mean white skinned...maybe if you actually read what I had written and understood it you wouldn't feel the need to call me wrong and then say exactly what I said.
No, that wasn't what you said. You were saying the exact opposite, that "white" and "Caucasian" are synonymous. Let's take a look at some of your words:
-"You don't have to be a poster boy for Neo-Nazis to be white."
You mean to say "You don't have to be a poster boy for Neo-Nazis to be Caucasian".
-"White is not a color it is the colloquial term we use to describe Caucasians."
This is completely backwards. Caucasian is not the color, it is what is (incorrectly) used colloquially to describe white people.
-"Determining if someone is Caucasian (white) has less to do with eye, hair and skin color and everything to do with cranial shape"
Skull is relevant in determining if someone is Caucasian, but not in determining if someone is white or not.
I did not use Inglesias as an example I was replying to someone else who said only white skinned people can be Caucasian.
The person you were replying to said this:
"Since when do white men look LIKE THAT?! As a white man, THATS NOT A WHITE MAN"
He never used the word "Caucasian" at all in the first place.
And so Governor Devlin, because even the cost of freedom can be too high, I REFUSE your pardon!
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SheenaDi
10 years ago
I am having a difficult time trying to fathom why you actually take the time to write out such a reply instead of actually trying to understand what I am trying to say, as boring as it is let me try to explain my original comment, as it seems you are determined to misunderstand it.
When I said "we" use white as synonymous to mean Caucasian I meant the collective "we" as in a lot of people in the world, need an example to help you comprehend?:On the news when the police are looking for a white suspect, they often refer to that suspect as a Caucasian male of * age..." etc...on TV shows when they are trying to identify a body they will often say "a Caucasian of about * age" therefore on a daily basis people use the two synonymously.
In this (the above) context (assuming white and Caucasian are the same) you don't need to be a poster boy for the Neo-Nazi's. Because you want to dissect each and every single sentence instead of reading it as a whole, you have come away with a misunderstanding of what I wanted to say, not that I really care much and this will be my last response to this nonsense, because if you have no inclination to try and comprehend what I am trying to say then I am wasting my time.
Everything I typed after that is assuming if you believe white = Caucasian.
And when it comes to the cranial measurements I did not even use the word Caucasian I used the updated, and scientifically more accepted word "Caucasoid"
Again having said that Caucasians are not specifically white of skin, but just what a lot of people believe is the white race, Inglesias could be Caucasian, (white if you believe that they are the same), I did not know the information that you provided about his mother being Filipino, but that does not mean that Caucasians cannot be anything but white.
Interesting that you choose to run with the Inglesias thing but completely ignore my other very valid example that Wentworth Miller, while being white skinned and blue eyed actually has a black father and is not white or Caucasian, yet solely based on his skin color he would be considered white.
What I was trying to say to the person, who, took no issue with my comment, you're the one getting yourself into a state about it was that Caucasians come in all colors, sorry I didn't explain it out in simple easy bulletin points and upper case letters so that everyone could understand, but as I said my post was meant to be taken as a whole and not analyzed word by word. Sorry if you still do not understand what I was trying to say, but if you are still refusing to understand there's really nothing more I can say about it. I have tried several times to explain my point but you keep insisting you know what I meant...I really think the only person capable of knowing what is in my mind, is me and not a random stranger who likes to argue on IMDB.
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Razor187
10 years ago
I didn't misunderstand anything in that post as it was written, you just constructed it so poorly that what it says is (apparently) the exact opposite of what you wanted it to. And again, the poster you were replying to never even used the word.
I mentioned Iglesias only once in my first post here. Not sure how that constitutes running with it. But anyway, Miller is white, and you seem to agree he's white, so I don't know what you expected me to say about that.
And so Governor Devlin, because even the cost of freedom can be too high, I REFUSE your pardon!
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