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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Marc Washington: [QB] [IMG]http://www.mightymall.com/Roots/02-17Mx-000-10-10.jpg[/IMG] http://www.mightymall.com/Roots/02-17Mx-000-10-10.htm Hello Bro. alTukruri, Yazid, and Hikuptah. Bro. alTukruri (and thanks for the compliment on the web page) you wrote (to my quote I’ll place below): “And what of the people who have narrower noses and mouths and non-wooly hair, who are just as indigenous to Africa?” You made the point the definition was not completely inclusive. And Hikuptah, you noted that blacks have features of all races down to light skin and straight hair. Yazid. Your points are well taken. And, I surely agree with you. The definition I gave IS NOT water-proof and inclusive of every type. This is why in the web page I uploaded two days ago and here below I wrote: “The word African is here being used with a different meaning. Some will oppose (4) who even fit the profile (4) because there is a stigma to being African (as used here); but it largely (not completely) defines one of the 3 major racial types. African here means one who has SOME combination of a mouth and nose which is fuller and hair woolier than 98% of whites and Asians.” Last week in a post I also added: “In addition to there features, steatophygia and negritoes are also Negroes.” In regards to that last sentence, I wrote something like that although it is coming out clumbsy. The key words above here are [1] “largely (not completely)” and [2] “some combination of …” In [1] I was referring to exceptions such as the negrito (of which Ur Nammu, founder of Ur III and forerunner to Hammurabi, Nammu posting the first code of law) Ur Nammu has dainty features not full. Most negritoes are the same as well as the Andaman Islanders and a host of ancient Egyptians. I’ll make a page of them one day. In [2], I had in mind, e.g. a white-skinned person with wooly hair. And, get this. And the irony of the “Lost Africans” web page, is that while most of those in the pictures would not be identified as [i]African/black/Negro[/i] most of them consider themselves to be. On the other hand, Tiger Woods looks African/Negro / black but says he’s not. (So, it gets really complicated and I don’t want to get into all the nuances). I use the term FOR VERY, VERY SPECIFIC reasons and purposes. I use the term half to have a working defintion that is mostly intelliglble; and half for my web pages which focuses almost exclusively on those features in selecting prehistoric and Bronze Age figures and in working with indigenous populations in (for instance) Northern Europe, Alaska, and Canada that have [i]African[/i] features the way I define them. It’s true I omit hundreds of people in those pages who are African but by look can’t be claimed so. I use the term and select pictures based on it to make presentations of Africans where it can’t be claimed that they are not African and they fit the criteria for what I call African. So, please know that I am aware of the limitations of the definition and am usually giving a brief, incomplete description of the term to save time and space. However, the points you made are all well-taken and I, on another level, take the same position as you. Take care, Marc Washington [/QB][/QUOTE]
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