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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arabs are considered white by the government. That said, I see the middle east as very similar, racially, to Latin America, in that they are all races. I spent 2 years in the middle east and saw blonde/blue arabs, black arabs, and stereotypical swarthy arabs. [b]I don't think they are a single race[/b]. [/quote]

Race is not real.  What you saw was what happens when people of all complexions intermarry freely.  I am Middle Eastern and in my extended family there is a huge range of colors and complexion- some people look like a light-skinned African American, while others have fair skin and red hair, or blue eyes and fair skin and dark hair, and everything in between.[/quote]

Exactly. Race is largely a social construct, people. There is continuous variation in “race.” This obsession with categorizing people based on skin/eye/hair color is insane. I know it isn’t limited to the US, either. The culture, religion, etc in which people grow up is relevant, but why should skin color be relevant? (I know, because humans decide it is & treat people differently.) But it makes no sense biologically. [/quote]

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