[quote=xAsunaWolfx]I wonder if everyone else here is white, arguing over what to call my own race.[/quote] Sorry, but this in regards to 1) The colour of one's skin, so if your skin is what the English language defines as Black it is going to be called black. Someone with white skin is not unable to recognize the colour black because they're own colour is white. 2) We're debating parameters/requirements for certain racial terms, and honestly it has overwhelmingly been in the direction of "Racial terms are inaccurate and outdated". So in truth the only thing we're really deciding on calling your race is human. [quote=xAsunaWolfx]Has anyone noticed the difference of asking a white person and black person race? Black people will say black. White people will say: 2% Irish, .04% Indian, 45% Hawaiian, 16% European, 5% Irish and what not[/quote] [youtube]AdSYhwLENvM[/youtube] If you ask someone their skin colour, they give you their skin colour (though honestly, someone's colour of skin is obvious unless you're blind). If you ask them their heritage they'll give you they'll heritage. I've never seen anyone (white or black) simply claim their ancestry was black, and not bother to say where their parents originated from. [quote=xAsunaWolfx]But if everyone is calling each other: Negro, Nigga, nigger, Cracker, "lost in the snow" or "lost in the night" = Something is not right, especially if it's outside of some friendship.[/quote] Where here did we call anyone any of these names? :/ Plus, I don't know where you live but the only times I hear these words being used is if they're in mutual humor among friends. [quote=xAsunaWolfx]Just call the person what they request to be called. If that 2% Irish white person wants to be labeled as Irish, call them Irish[/quote] I am a white person, I request to be called black. So you better call me black. Or "I learned how to speak french in class, therefore call me french". Having the tiniest ancestry of one country, or knowing something of one country doesn't mean that is the majority of your heritage. I mean sure, if you're 2% Irish you are partly Irish, but you're not all Irish, there's another 98% there. But honestly, majority of the time a person is called by the country they live in. If you live in Canada you're Canadian, America is American, England is English/British etc. [quote=xAsunaWolfx]Lately Americans have been thinking of racist happenings between unarmed black men and the cops, that cops are more likely to shoot/kill a black man. Or how store clerks will watch the black people more and are less likely to hire them. Of course this doesn't account for all cops but i fear for some...[/quote] Honestly the cop thing is under debate as to if it's actual racism, or just a matter of due to history most of the poor neighbourhoods tend to be filled with black people. A result of their ancestors having been slaves and not had many means to financially secure their family. Where in modern day it results to a lot of those people turning to crime, where since those environments have a high amount of black people you get a high amount of black criminals, and as a result more black people shot. The store thing though? Yea, that's basically just racism. [quote=xAsunaWolfx]when Ebola is entering the country and nothing is being done to the African borders[/quote] Ebola is honestly in my mind being over-hyped like the Swine Flu. Diseases always cause a panic even when their impact is completely minimal.