Which white/Caucasian ethnicity is the best?

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Which white/Caucasian ethnicity is the best?

  1. Germanic

    34.8%
  2. Anglo-Saxon

    21.7%
  3. Gaelic (Irish, Scottish, etc)

    21.7%
  4. Spanish

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. French

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Italian

    4.3%
  7. Russian/Slavic

    8.7%
  8. Nordic

    4.3%
  9. Jewish

    4.3%
  10. Non-Jewish Semitic (Arab, etc)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. RPA1

    RPA1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And racist.
     
  2. reallybigjohnson

    reallybigjohnson Banned

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    Considering only one of them has a holiday that is specifically about their group, I would have to say Irish win.
     
  3. Troianii

    Troianii Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    But the modern northern Germans aren't descendants of Angles ( though I think they are Saxon). The Jutes also are part of the Anglo Saxon makeup, BTW, and they were from what is now Denmark. Anglo Saxon and Germanic are quite distinct.
     
  4. lizarddust

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    Britain stopped deporting prisoners to Australia in the 1830s. In the mid 19th century gold was discovered and there was mass migration to Australia from Britain and Europe. Also,, many Chinese migrated to Australia during the gold rush times and stayed.

    Post WWII saw another mass migration to Australia until the 1980s. First, people from the UK were invited, when that flow stopped, northern Europeans filled the skilled labour market. My parents and I were in this group. During that time, the first non UK citizens were Latvians (blue eyes/blonde hair). Southern Europeans especially Italians and Greeks migrated in mass to Australia. In the 1960s-70s it was the Yugoslavs, Spanish/Portuguese and Eastern Bloc countries. Lebanese have also been migrating to Australia since the 1970s. The largest Mosque in Sydney is Lebanese run and former President of the Islamic Society of Australia is Lebanese

    The White Australia Policy was canned by the Whitlam government in the early 1970s, allowing Asians (especially Vietnamese) into Australia. In the 1980s-90s it was South Americans. Chileans make up a largish portions of South Americans. Now, more Africans and Middle Easterners are migrating to Australia.

    Most Caucasian Australians are Europeans. More people immigrated to Australia from the European mainland than the British Isles.
     
  5. Albert Di Salvo

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    Is Ian Paisley, MP, celtic by ancestry?
     
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    Who knows. When Good Ole Henry told the Pope to p!ss off, Ireland rebelled. Henry sent in the troops and land was stripped from Catholic land owners and given to English migrants. The same happened during the Oliver Cromwell period and regularly during Irish history.

    Paisley could come from English (Anglo-Saxon) Protestant stock.
     
  7. Jonsa

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    A vertiable festival of national and ethnic stereotypes attempting to justify a person's bias in response to a ridiculously inaccurate OP to begin with.
     
  8. Albert Di Salvo

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    Thanks for the answer.
     
  9. Albert Di Salvo

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    So what? Who cares?
     
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    Stupid question and poll. Too many variables and there is no one single ethnic Caucasian group better than any other.
     
  11. thediplomat2.0

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    The poll is not really racist. It is, however, built on the faulty premise that there is such a thing as a biologically discoverable 'white' population group, or, more fitting to the mindset of the pollster, 'white race'. In biology, people that would be considered part of the 'white' skin are classified as having lighter skin pigmentation, in which the genetic and phenotype variation surrounding such a trait varies extensively from individual to individual, and, on a broader level, within a select population group. You cannot throw people all people with lighter skin under one label because then that distorts understanding of genetic and phenotype diversity of humanity. If the pollster asked which race is the best, then I would pull out the racist card. For now, I will simply call the pollster biased and irrational.
     
  12. SpaceCricket79

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    Ethnicities typically have cultures to go with it.

    Anyone concerned purely with 'race', as in pigment, is an idiot.
     
  13. thediplomat2.0

    thediplomat2.0 Banned

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    And? Ethnicity is entirely socially constructed. One ethnicity is no better than another, and to ask a question eliciting such a response is asking an individual to create a bias on irrational grounds. Besides, ethnicities can encompass almost any bigger or smaller social construct, from culture to linguistic dialect. It is almost impossible to actually determine what is an ethnic group and what is not an ethnic group, as ethnic groups are in constant flux. This is one of the many flaws of the anthropological discipline of ethnography, a subject I hold dear to my heart as a person who studies international relations and affairs via anthropologists.
     
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    Poland is the home of God's chosen people.

    We are basically Demi-Gods, soaring above the rest of you.

    The beauty and virtue of my people is unparalleled.
     
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    All of the above
    but the kind hearted ones,
    I think it's not about the race but with the character.
     
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    Apologies, my mistake.
     
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    you?............
     
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    I wonder if it's because Judaism is a religion, not an ethnicity. I work with an Irish Jew, born and bred in Donegal.
     
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    Jews right now. Americans until the Heirhead mutants took over in the 60s. Americans were a separate identity formed from mixed ethnicities. Birth privileges should get the death penalty.

    Besides having the heroic Israelis as role models, American Jews encourage their kids to be ambitious. Whites have become slavish and criticize anyone who isn't.
     
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    What a bogus poll. I have a sneaking preference for the English but I'd never translate that into a "God is an Englishman" sort of argument.
     
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    We are all too familiar with the Hate Whitey pronouncements from academonic and scientific cults. What will be their fad tomorrow? Keep track, because I know you don't want to be left behind and be called politically incorrect. I just think for myself and don't keep up on the latest to see if I have strayed into the forbidden territory of independent thought.
     
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    Only inferior people believe in equality. Instead of being bitter that White people have rejected you, maybe you should try to question your self-evaluation. Most cripples can heal themselves if they are conscientious about rehab.
     
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    There is nothing cultish about academia or science. Colloquial, everyday discourse can be political incorrect, but we should all try to be polite, courteous, and respectful to one another. If a person makes an offensive comment, simply ignore their idiocy. Offensive phrases and discourses are only offensive if you find them offensive.
     
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    I am 'white'. I am not bitter about anything. My demeanor has always been open-minded and progressive, but also blunt and honest. I do not feel that I need to reevaluate myself at all. Oh, and just so you know, I am a Jew. Apparently my people rule the world, so everyone on these fora can bow before me (jk).
     
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    and fundamentally racist.

    I was wondering what happened to the Klan.
     

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