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Where I live, belonging to two-three ethnic groups is the norm. Children in school boast about being a quarter Iraqi, a quarter Moroccan, a quarter Polac and a quarter old Jerusalemi. How does one...
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2019-12-12T21:57:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T11:16:31Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Where I live, belonging to two-three ethnic groups is the norm. Children in school boast about being a quarter Iraqi, a quarter Moroccan, a quarter Polac and a quarter old Jerusalemi. How does one describe people when that's the situation? One forgets ethnicities (since by this point, they affect the kitchen more than anything), and describes what people actually look like. One mentions hair colour, and whether it's curly or straight. Skin colour: it can be pale, sunburnt, tanned, all kinds of brown. See also my question [How to describe skin colour, if “white” is not the point of reference?](https://writing.stackexchange.com/q/42125/14704) There are facial features: eyes, lips, nose, cheeks. There's body shape - slim, curvy, whatever. There's the clothes. **It's not about hanging "race" tags on a person** (whatever "race" means anyway) **- it's about describing the individual in front of you, and what that specific individual looks like.**
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2019-03-11T19:46:56Z (over 5 years ago)
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