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Originally posted by ItsJim
but she was GREEK, JESUS.
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Ew. Stop. "White is a Western invention used to excuse slavery and colonialism during the last several hundred years.
Living in the Mediterranean, I doubt ancient Greeks thought of themselves as white. In fact, because you could use landmasses to travel down to Africa, it's more likely they experienced people in gradients. Back then, the world was divided by language, not race. Those who spoke Greek were Greeks, those who did not were barbarians.
"White" is based not just on looks it is based on culture too. You see that with Arabs. In the Middle East they are not seen as white by Americans, but if they come to America or UK and take on White American ways, they are (think Steve Jobs and Zayne).