Question about race's

Ricochet J · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:43

Why is it, if you're born in China, you look Chinese, with the wide eyes?
Why is it, if you're born in India you've got black hair and brown skin?
Why is it if you're born in England you're (generally) white in colour?
Why is it if you're born abroad you have an accent, infact, anywhere, you've got an accent?

Very confusing seeing as we all live on one world

Raikiri · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:44

Different living conditions.

Ricochet J · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:45

So if we all lived like the Indians with warm shining sun and exact same living conditions we'd all have black hair and darker skin?

SideWinder · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:45

I heard that the reason that Chinese people have eyes that are quite narrow is because of the sun and people were always squinting and so over time, they adapted?

/shrugs.

Ricochet J said:
So if we all lived like the Indians with warm shining sun and exact same living conditions we'd all have black hair and darker skin?

It won't just happen over night mind you but i'd say it's possible over a long period of time?

iamdjdz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:46

Tower of Babel - somewhere in the Bible, God did it because He was angry.

Andr3w · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:47

if we didnt then jokes would not be as funny :eek:

paradigm · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:47

iamdjdz said:
Tower of Babel - somewhere in the Bible, God did it because He was angry.

So god advocates racism?

Ricochet J · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:48

Andr3w said:
if we didnt then jokes would not be as funny

So like if we all had Nigerian sun we'd all be scammers?

iamdjdz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:48

paradigm said:
So god advocates racism?

Not quite, though he started races of people, racism started when people realised they were different to other people.

lemonkettaz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:49

language and accent is the most fascinating i think...

how different areas sound and sometimes speak differently...weird

Raikiri · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:50

Ricochet J said:
So like if we all had Nigerian sun we'd all be scammers?

I blame El for that one, but the rest can be attributed to living conditions and cultures. Of course it doesn't happen instantly, think tens of thousands of years or more.

iamdjdz said:
Tower of Babel - somewhere in the Bible, God did it because He was angry.

Well that was childish of him :rolleyes:

iamdjdz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:52

Raikiri said:
Well that was childish of him

Was very childish to try and build a tower to heaven, that's the sort of thing I would have tried to do with Duplo.

lemonkettaz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:52

I think God needs some sort of anger management class sorted out,

he seems to get angry over many things if you dare to cross him...

Raikiri · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:53

iamdjdz said:
Was very childish to try and build a tower to heaven, that's the sort of thing I would have tried to do with Duplo.

I don't know, lego tends to be tougher although maybe a little on the small side?

(on a side note, how the hell did we get from races and ethinicity to lego in 13 posts?)

iamdjdz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:53

lemonkettaz said:
I think God needs some sort of anger management class sorted out,

he seems to get angry over many things if you dare to cross him...

Makes me wonder why people don't fear him.

lemonkettaz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:54

i thought they did....

i dunno...

Vibez · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:55

iamdjdz said:
Was very childish to try and build a tower to heaven, that's the sort of thing I would have tried to do with Duplo.

Yeah God's a bender

iamdjdz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:56

lemonkettaz said:
i thought they did....

i dunno...

I do.

Do you?

Well he had the power to make people speak different languages and look differently, although made them suitable to their environment, showing underlying mercy, He could pretty much kill me now if He wanted...

lemonkettaz · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:58

Im not a fan of God tbh. I believe in something i cant imagine...

so nah i dont fear God

Kol · 24 Dec 2006 at 19:58

It's evolution. Have a read up on the 'Out Of Africa Theory' with regards to proto-humans and our evolution into humans.

Just moving to India and pro creating with someone who is of your similar race wouldn't in any number of generations mean you would necessarily evolve to look Indian. It would take a few hundred/thousand years for that to happen. Now if you had children with an Indian person then of course the effects would be noticeable, but they would have nothing to do with the environment, it would merely be simple genetics... now read up on Mendels Law.