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[–]asterias 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

1) Obviously a non white, but if you ask whether I object his presence, the answer largely depends on numbers and other factors. Are we talking about a single person or about a few millions?

2) There are middle easterns who are whiter than many whites. Middle East is not a homogenous area, especially in countries like Lebanon and Syria, and many of them are Orthodox Christians.

3) Are we talking about a black and a white parent? One could put the question in other ways as well, like at what point does someone become black, or at what point does someone become Indian? Many of these questions wouldn't exist if not for colonialism.

[–]arainynightinskyrim 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

In response to number 2, skin tone does not make someone ethnically european.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

But genes do.

[–]arainynightinskyrim 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That is what I was implying, there are some north africans and middle easteners who have a very white skin tone but that does not make them european.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well, some Turks actually are European.

[–]arainynightinskyrim 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would not call them european, they are heavily mixed, there were some DNA tests made by turks and the whitest looking ones were around 50% greek.

[–]asterias 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

These are minorities that have been living there for more than 2000 years and have managed to preserve their identity.