Are you ever told you look like you're a particular nationality?

[ed miliband]

I've been told a lot that I look Swedish (occasionally Norwegian or more generally Scandinavian). I don't even have white blonde hair or blue eyes so I don't know what people base this judgment on, considering that so often such things are based on gross stereotypes like that.

One of my best friends in Indians but looks very "Spanish" (in the stereotypical sense). He actually tells girls that he meets while out clubbing that he's Spanish rather than Indian (which I think is quite tragic but whatever). I have another friend who is Spanish but who people often assume is Indian, to the extent that people will ask him what part of India he is from, etc.

Does this happen to anybody else?

[Comrade Wolfie's Very Nearly Banned Adventures]

Once one of my ex's sisters told me I looked Jewish.

So I immediatly set about terrorising local Arabs and stealing there houses, then demanded huge quantaties of arms from the US embassy.

[scarletghoul]

wolfie i thought you had already been banned for racism

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

I've been told that I look Russian, Polish, generally Eastern European and German.

[Magón]

Apparently from an angle, I look to be Arab. Not really sure why, but a couple came up to me once, we talked and they asked what Arab country I was from. :lol:

[scarletghoul]

Occasionally people say I look chinese. Quite a few times people randomly ask what country I'm from

[Comrade Wolfie's Very Nearly Banned Adventures]

wolfie i thought you had already been banned for racism

Suspended for a Day. And Israel does to those things...?

[The Red Next Door]

People think I am an Arab and i have a odd accent so people think I am from England or Nigeria.

[Comrade Wolfie's Very Nearly Banned Adventures]

People think I am an Arab and i have a odd accent so people think I am from England or Nigeria.

Most Yanks seem terrible at understanding Accents, when I or my family have been there they confuse us with Australians. We all have Northern English accents :confused:

[Pavlov's House Party]

People say Russian a lot, but I assume it's just because they automatically link Russians with communism... Can't say I see it myself.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

Most Yanks seem terrible at understanding Accents, when I or my family have been there they confuse us with Australians. We all have Northern English accents :confused:
Look at how the British are portrayed in American media though, British characters in American television etc quite oftenly speak like toffie nosed aristocrats. I wonder what an American would think if they heard my dodgy southern English accent.

[Il Medico]

I get cuban a ton. That is because my skin isn't lily white and I live in FL.

[Comrade Wolfie's Very Nearly Banned Adventures]

Look at how the British are portrayed in American media though, British characters in American television etc quite oftenly speak like toffie nosed aristocrats. I wonder what an American would think if they heard my dodgy southern English accent.

There are only two types of English in America:

1. Sophisticated, well educatied, Rich Feudal overlords
2. Cheeky Cockneys.

[Jazzratt]

I've been asked if I'm Turkish before, but usually I'm not told I look like any particular nationality.

[ed miliband]

Could a mod delete the duplicate of this thread?

[scarletghoul]

Suspended for a Day. And Israel does to those things...?
You were talking about Jews, not Israel. I dont see how that post can be interpreted as anything but antisemitism

[Comrade Wolfie's Very Nearly Banned Adventures]

You were talking about Jews, not Israel. I dont see how that post can be interpreted as anything but antisemitism

And what is the explaination given for Israel committing various atrocities?

[scarletghoul]

You are equating the Jewish people with the State of Israel, and are attributing the latter's atrocities to the former. You are being racist.

[Scary Monster]

lol i seriously dont see how a norwegian would look different from polish or russian. All white people look the same! A German looks the same as a Scot! Are there even biological differences, which are more than just miniscule?

[Raúl Duke]

Sometimes people think I'm like...Jewish...

But in general, people think I'm somewhat foreign due to an odd-sounding yet very good English. People guess I'm Spanish, Southern French, or Italian.

rarely, I'm considered eastern european looking.

[ed miliband]

lol i seriously dont see how a norwegian would look different from polish or russian. All white people look the same! A German looks the same as a Scot! Are there even biological differences, which are more than just miniscule?

Yeah, that's what confuses me about it. Beats me.

Maybe I should ask people why they think it next time.

[Pretty Flaco]

I've been told that I've looked like a lot of nationalities and my eyes squint when I smile, so I've had people tell me I "smile like an asian". When I lived in Florida, I'd get really tan and people would ask me if I was (insert random hispanic nationality here).

People usually ask me if I have a light English, Irish, Scottish, or Australian accent. Americans aren't very good at deciphering accents. When I speak Spanish, I've had people say I sound russian.lol

[RedAnarchist]

I often get guessed as Scandinavian, German or Eastern European (Ukraine is a favourite, I even have a Jewish slight lookalike in Kiev apparently) even though I don't fit the stereotypes of tall and blond. Irish comes up a lot, and I am partly Irish. I once asked this question on another forum, and I got replies (I used a picture) from all over Europe, including Spain and Turkey even though I don't look Spanish or Turkish at all.

I think it's very subjective and people tend to either go with stereotypes or based on people they know or have seen from those countries.

[Sasha]

only when i'm in other (non-western european) country's, here i'm avarage lenght (1 meter 80), relativly darkhaired, grey-blueish eyes but apperently as soon as step out of an plane i'm suddenly an aryan giant...

[Os Cangaceiros]

Around these parts you're either white, black, Hispanic or Asian. I've never heard anyone ever say "hey, you look like [insert specific nationality here]."

[RedAnarchist]

only when i'm in other (non-western european) country's, here i'm avarage lenght (1 meter 80), relativly darkhaired, grey-blueish eyes but apperently as soon as step out of an plane i'm suddenly an aryan giant...

I'm 1 metre 76 myself, quite average for a British male. I'm pasty, dark-haired and blue eyed myself (there seems to be far more dark haired people with blue eyes than blond/e people with blue eyes, at least from what I've seen).

[Sasha]

yeah, whell dutch are a bit taller than that, and next to that since im an bouncer i work with some proper titans so my sense of proportion gets a bit warped, i have an 21 (!) year old colleague who's over 2,10, 120+ kilo's and haves hands as big as shovels

[Sasha]

yeah, whell dutch are a bit taller than that, and next to that since im an bouncer i work with some proper titans so my sense of proportion gets a bit warped, i have an 21 (!) year old colleague who's over 2,10, 120+ kilo's and haves hands as big as shovels

[RedAnarchist]

yeah, whell dutch are a bit taller than that, and next to that since im an bouncer i work with some proper titans so my sense of proportion gets a bit warped, i have an 21 (!) year old colleague who's over 2,10, 120+ kilo's and haves hands as big as shovels

I don't think there's anyone that big around where I live. That's one huge person.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

More than once I've been mistaken for Russian or east European for some reason.

[Meridian]

lol i seriously dont see how a norwegian would look different from polish or russian. All white people look the same! A German looks the same as a Scot! Are there even biological differences, which are more than just miniscule?
In my neighborhood there lives quite a few Polish people, they do indeed generally look a bit different than Scandinavians. Of course these aren't features you notice unless you see a large 'sample size'. An individual Polish person can look exactly like an individual Scandinavian.

[Bright Banana Beard]

I get the look that I am from Central American. My accent give them off that I am either Salvadoran or Nicaguaran, when in fact My family is from Honduras.

Vete por la pata, loco!

[Magón]

lol i seriously dont see how a norwegian would look different from polish or russian. All white people look the same! A German looks the same as a Scot! Are there even biological differences, which are more than just miniscule?

Stormfront would just tell you to take various head measurements, and then you'd get the differences between various whites. lol

[L.A.P.]

People used to always think I was Hispanic because I'm brown and live in Florida. Most of them now think I'm Arab and when I tell them I'm half-Italian and half-Indian I get pissed off when they tell me I only look Indian. I know exactly why they think that, it's because they assume Middle Eastern and South Asian people are exactly the same even though it really is the half-Italian that makes me look Arab.

[Catmatic Leftist]

I get the "Chinese, Japanese, Cantonese, look at these" kind of B.S.

[gorillafuck]

One of my best friends in Indians but looks very "Spanish" (in the stereotypical sense). He actually tells girls that he meets while out clubbing that he's Spanish rather than Indian (which I think is quite tragic but whatever).You might want to reevaluate what you consider a tragedy.:lol:

I've been told I look like I'm from Northern Europe (I have blue eyes, blonde hair, and fairly pale skin). Never a specific nationality though.

[Zeus the Moose]

Someone once told me I have Slavic cheekbones. I have no idea what the hell that means.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Quite often, i get told i look eastern European even if they dont know my politics.

from what i know or have been told, im mostly western european.

but, i have a feeling my last name is Yiddish and im technically jewish or whatever(even though my mom isnt jewish) i dont know.

i tried those family history websites but they dont fucking work.

[Fulanito de Tal]

I get asked where I'm from a lot, but no one ever makes a guess. I must seem abnormal to people in the US. Weird considering I was born in the US. Even weirder, I've been in other countries and hanging out with people where everyone knows I'm from the US and they still say that I seem different from other USers. That has even happened in both of the countries my parents are from. :confused:

[Sir Comradical]

Once one of my ex's sisters told me I looked Jewish.

So I immediatly set about terrorising local Arabs and stealing there houses, then demanded huge quantaties of arms from the US embassy.

:laugh: Post of the week!

This one degenerate of Punjabi ancestry (North India) told me that South Indians don't look Indian - that they look Sri Lankan because they're dark. To which I answered that South Indians must look Indian because they consolidate the Indian identity. To which the moron replied with "huh"?

[red cat]

This one degenerate of Punjabi ancestry (North India) told me that South Indians don't look Indian - that they look Sri Lankan because they're dark.

An example of Indian racism.

[#FF0000]

My girlfriend just went to Ireland and told me that I look like every Irish person.

[Omi]

Quite a lot of people have mistaken me for a Scandinavian, mainly due to my blue eyes and long blond hair. But my Dutch accent gives me away when I engage in conversation in English.

[L.A.P.]

:laugh: Post of the week!

This one degenerate of Punjabi ancestry (North India) told me that South Indians don't look Indian - that they look Sri Lankan because they're dark. To which I answered that South Indians must look Indian because they consolidate the Indian identity. To which the moron replied with "huh"?

I'm North Indian and I laugh when arrogant North Indians say that type of stuff because we have light skin, but in all reality us Indians only have light skin because our ancestors were raped when the Persian Empire invaded India. So if anything, North Indians don't look Indian because we're light and part Iranian.

[Ligeia]

lol i seriously dont see how a norwegian would look different from polish or russian. All white people look the same! A German looks the same as a Scot! Are there even biological differences, which are more than just miniscule?
Some days ago I actually said something like that in a discussion about how in Latin America there are nicknames like "ruso", "aleman",...etc.
And they were asking why they call someone like that since Europeans look so different, they just can't use those for anyone who loos X,Y...
Anyway, they called me racist for saying that.

Well, I get mistaken for east-asian 95% of the time, even Asians themselves mistake me for their respective nationality (e.g. chinese,philippine,korean,japanese...). No matter where I go...

[The pizza crazed Anarchist]

I have been told that I looked Latino, Arab, and Jewish.

[Blackscare]

I'm told I either look nordic (most often) or jewish.

[Sir Comradical]

I'm North Indian and I laugh when arrogant North Indians say that type of stuff because we have light skin, but in all reality us Indians only have light skin because our ancestors were raped when the Persian Empire invaded India. So if anything, North Indians don't look Indian because we're light and part Iranian.

Even saying that is a problem because there's no absolute definition of what characteristics make you look 'indian'. Indians look like what Indians actually are within the boundaries of India and of course this is constantly changing. Whether an Indian's ancestors were Persian, Turkic, Pathan, Scythian, Arab or Greek doesn't change the fact that they must by definition look Indian.

[RedStarOverChina]

I'm constantly being told that I look Korean.

"Really? You're Chinese?"
"Yeah, last time I checked."
"Nooooo, you look Korean. Definitely."
"Well, I'm reasonably sure about being Chinese. But I suppose your opinion is equally valid."

Apparently we Chinese are supposed to be shorter and with "slantier" eyes. :glare:

[Bright Banana Beard]

I'm constantly being told that I look Korean.

"Really? You're Chinese?"
"Yeah, last time I checked."
"Nooooo, you look Korean. Definitely."
"Well, I'm reasonably sure about being Chinese. But I suppose your opinion is equally valid."

Apparently we Chinese are supposed to be shorter and with "slantier" eyes. :glare:
My deepest sympathy.

[Ele'ill]

"Italian" and "Native American" are the first two usually mentioned. My father is from Napoli, Italy and my mother's side is Dineh.

[RedStarOverChina]

My deepest sympathy.
Eh. To be fair, we Chinese are not above such sterotyping. In fact, we are way worse. There are a million different stereotypical traits associated with each region of China.

[Dimmu]

I have been told that i look like jewish or greek.. Probably because of my hair and nose.

[RedStarOverChina]

I have been told that i look like jewish or greek.. Probably because of my hair and nose.
Seriously, WTF does a Jew look like? The two Jewish friend I have look nothing like each other---One looks like any Causasian person I've ever met and the other is from Iraqi Kurdistan and looks surprise, surprise---Middle Eastern.

Maybe we should consult the experts at Stormfront and setup some guidelines.

[synthesis]

I've gotten Jewish, Italian (no shit), Hispanic, Turkish, Arab, French, and a couple others, more often than not from people of those ethnicities. A lot of people seem to think I'm, like, 10% of whatever they are.

[Blackscare]

Seriously, WTF does a Jew look like?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m0r80JwqJRs/TQ5IbrEjDRI/AAAAAAAAA7E/B8C8zEpdZTM/s1600/Hebrew-Hammer-02.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m0r80JwqJRs/TQ5IRaCFsEI/AAAAAAAAA7A/Y1JiPIZ1G_w/s1600/hebrewhammer-web.jpg

[Il Medico]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m0r80JwqJRs/TQ5IbrEjDRI/AAAAAAAAA7E/B8C8zEpdZTM/s1600/Hebrew-Hammer-02.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m0r80JwqJRs/TQ5IRaCFsEI/AAAAAAAAA7A/Y1JiPIZ1G_w/s1600/hebrewhammer-web.jpg
sabbat shalom motherfuckers

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

not a nationality but people have said that i look and sound jewish whatever the hell that means
and specifically woody allen when im stoned