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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][img]http://i.imgur.com/ORbV2yz.png[/img][/quote]

I'm a mix of two of the above, and it's so easy for me to tell the difference - in physical features and also dress/attire/mannerisms/etc.

But I also know that for many of my white friends, they honestly can't tell the difference between someone who's South Asian, Arab/ME, Mediterranean-ish (like Greek/Italian), and Hispanic. It's fascinating to see them squirm trying to guess.

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It's probably fun for them to see [b]you [/b]squirm when they ask you the difference between white people of various nationalities (say, Israeli, British, Russian, Spanish, etc.).   :roll: [/quote]

No, because brown people tend to have more tact and don't assume these things about people we don't know (ie, "that Middle Eastern guy" who is actually Indian, or "I think he's Indian" and then later find out he's Italian). I've never in my life tried to discuss people by assumed nationalities, without some obvious factor first - like a language they're speaking. And I can tell the difference between Hebrew, German, Spanish languages being spoken - but to a lot of people, Hindi, Arabic, Farsi, etc -- they all sound pretty much the same. [/quote]

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