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I'm curious to ask our brothers especially those who live in countries with so many migrants from different nationality, (USA, UK, Canada, Dubai, etc.)

First of all, This is not a form of racism in anyway, I solely believe every color is beautiful and unique in its own way, But I just wish to conduct a research and Google isn't really helping matters too.

So from your experiences and interactions with people of other races, Can you categorize people of different nationality on average of their color?

Take for example, I believe Americans are whiter than Romania and Romanians are whiter than Japanese (Asians) probably Yellow, Then Asians are whiter than South America while they are whiter than the arabs usually referred to as brown then Africa is the darkest in terms of skin color.

I once heard Some European countries especially the Scandinavians, UK, Germany, Russia are also as white as The US and Canada, What about Australians or new Zealand? What about Israelis?

I just want you to please arrange the hierarchy for as many countries as possible which you've interacted or come across with. E.g Maybe USA>Uk>Germany>Norway>Canada>France>........China>Vietnam>.........Mexico>...... Egypt> Nigeria> sudan Etc.

Thanks for your time.

Find something better to do with your time

ednut1:
Find something better to do with your time

I mean, If you had something better to do with yours you wouldn't have commented here.

Like I said, It's a research for something, If you can't help out then quietly snub.

Solanaa:
I'm curious to ask our brothers especially those who live in countries with so many migrants from different nationality, (USA, UK, Canada, Dubai, etc.)

First of all, This is not a form of racism in anyway, I solely believe every color is beautiful and unique in its own way, But I just wish to conduct a research and Google isn't really helping matters too. So from your experiences and interactions with people of other races, Can you categorize people of different nationality on average of their color?

Yes. I can differentiate Africans according to the region they come from. Over 10, I get 8 right. Southern Africans have certain features which are distinguishable from East Africans as well as West Africans. It is getting the country that is hard for me as there are many countries within each region. So, most times, I go with the region or a general name. Except for a few such as Ghanaians with their accent or South Sudanese with their height and dark colour. Southern African women are very distinct because they have big yansh - steatopygia. Also, they have a unique accent. Those in the Horn of Africa are also distinguishable to me because of their skin complexion. Nonetheless, I can easily tell who is an Francophone African. One feature is that Francophone Africans tend to be calmer in their disposition. In my opinion, they have this less aggressive look.

Take for example, I believe Americans are whiter than Romania and Romanians are whiter than Japanese (Asians) probably Yellow, Then Asians are whiter than South America while they are whiter than the arabs usually referred to as brown then Africa is the darkest in terms of skin color.

I can differentiate Arabs very easily and even go further by differentiating them based on their appearances. I base this on the wealth status of countries. I believe an Emirati or Saudi would look "cleaner, posher and richer" than an Egyptian. I can also tell if the certain Arab grew up in the West by how fluent the English is and skin texture.

As for Americans, I can know them by how loud they talk. Generally, I classify them as Anglophones - Irish, British, Australians, and Americans. Only Americans have marked differences. It is quite hard for me to differentiate the other three as the tone of their English is the same. For Indians, I do the same and even try to pin-point the particular region with India. However, I failed in this recently but got an earlier guess right. I guessed Goa for both, but the most recent encounter comes from Chennai. I do the same for Pakistanis. I did one recently but he is from Mauritius, which historically had immigrants from India. Those from Nepal makes it hard for me as they look like Indians. Vietnamese, on the other hand, are easily identifiable.

For East Asians, I would say I am almost perfect as I work with Japanese and Chinese. I also studied with them. Mainland Chinese tend to be very loud just like Americans and also in their spoken Chinese. Singaporeans, Taiwanese and Chinese Malaysians aren't the same. I would add Hong Kong as well. On the other hand, I can easily differentiate a Singaporean/Malaysian Chinese from other Chinese groups by their accent. It is so distinct. I did this with a Chinese PhD student who lectured me and an Indonesian for an experiment. First, I mentioned Singapore which was wrong and replied with Malaysia, which was right. The accent is so unique. This applies to Indians and Malaysians of Singaporean origins. I know Koreans and Hong Kong Chinese - they speak better English than Mainland Chinese. Again, the accent of Mainland Chinese is easily noticeable when they speak English.

Eastern Europeans are generally whiter than those in the West. Northern Europeans and those in Central Europe (Austria and Switzerland) have unique features, but I would say they are whiter than those in the UK, France, the US, Canada, Spain etc. Those in the north and east have this "blonde look" that is not found elsewhere amongst Caucasians. Israelis are basically Eastern European Jews who emigrated from Europe. Yes, South Americans are different except for Chileans, Argentines, Uruguayans and those in Southern Brazil who look exactly like Europeans (Swiss, German, Italians and Spanish). No difference whatsoever. In my opinion, Chinese (from the eastern part where the wealth is) and Koreans are "whiter" than Japanese. Japanese from the south or Okinawa have a slightly different skin colour from those on Mainland Japan.

Lastly, for African Americans, I can easily know them as their skin texture is very different from black Africans. I think only South Africans come close, which is not surprising as both groups are the wealthiest set of black people in the world. Also, the way African Americans speak, walk, dress and do things is markedly different from black Africans. Before amassing these experiences, I asked another Nairalander - Ramalot - a similar question. You can find his response here: https://www.nairaland.com/7484940/lived-visited-over-30-countries/1

Gerrard59:
Yes

Thanks a lot

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