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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]5”4 is an average height for women.  Why is that something that’s controversial?[/quote]

It's not unless you think facts are optional. [/quote]

It's because it doesn't take genetic background into consideration and that’s what people are comparing themselves against. I'm 5'4. For every country of my heritage (white, Northern European) the average height is 5'6 to 5'7, so 5'4 is short. Sure, the average female height in Nicaragua is 5'1, so maybe 5'4 is tall! But people compare themselves most directly to people who look like them. The US is extremely heterogenous so you get a lot of extremes that play into that average but it might feel like that doesn't apply to you. It goes in both directions. [/quote]

wtf.  This is the US, so people compare themselves to those they see around them every day, which includes people of all races.  Unless you are a racist who only hangs out with other people from Northern Europe.[/quote]

How do you know I see people of all races every day? This isn’t the United Nations. I might live in a rural predominantly white town or in mainly Asian neighborhood. [/quote]

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