Why do white people call themselves white when their skin is actually light pink and orange?

You need to be a corpse in order to be white because the blood drains from your body and has no more pigment in it.





Why do they say white when they are red pink and orange?|||Even though you%26#039;ve been posting ridiculous questions, it seems at the end you are obsessed with white people? Why is that?|||Black %26amp; white photos existed long before color photos.


People looked either black or white in the photos.


The other red, pink, orange people, even green aliens photgraphed appeared one of many various shades of grey.


The older typical drivers license was kept simple %26amp; people were check marked black or white or other.


Make-up was most likely invented for corpses yet people wear it every day altering their skin tones.


Some people living a very long time ago were ignorant %26amp; didn%26#039;t understand the full color spectrum %26amp; didn%26#039;t take art class.


A very black skin tone would make a few skin tones appear white by contrast.


Smoking discolors the skin to some extent as well.|||Hm ... well lets try to look at it in a symbolic view. The term %26#039;white%26#039; can mean purity, innocence and %26#039;good%26#039;. The term %26#039;black%26#039; can mean tainted, dangerous and %26#039;evil%26#039;.





Think about who created these labels in the first place. The British while they were trying to colonize every place necessary, right? Well, they would need an excuse to pardon their actions, wouldn%26#039;t they? So what they do is make themselves look like %26quot;God%26#039;s gift to purify the world of all evil%26quot;.





Since then, the term just stuck and people these days find it hard to break out of the habit, which would then be passed on to the younger generations, whether intentional or not.





Edit: this was by no means an offense to anyone who is considered %26#039;black%26#039;. I only meant the word in itself and not those who people associate the term with. I apologize if I was misunderstood.|||%26quot;wouldn%26#039;t the same go for black people? my skin is not black, it%26#039;s light brown%26quot;





to the guy below me---that%26#039;s Anne Hathaway|||The same reason black people call themselves black when they are brown, beige, tan, coffee but few are really black.|||why do black people call themselves black, when they have lots of shades, mostly brown and chocolate and caramel. who knows?|||ORANGE?????????|||You%26#039;ve been looking at way too many white people wearing sunless tanner if you think we%26#039;re orange.|||White people vary in color some pink some red and some white|||Why are indians called red skins? Or orientals yellow?|||BECAUSE THEY ARE IDIOTS! THEIR SKIN IS PINK NOT WHITE.|||RACIST **** GO EAT YOUR CLIT *****!|||Oh geeze, thats so nutty.|||It%26#039;s just said for simplicity%26#039;s sake. I don%26#039;t think it%26#039;s meant to be too deep.|||White ppl are really white. the pink or red tint came from the sunshine destroyed their skin. white race is part albisim.





without pink tint they would have really white skin as corpse. like these girls.


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