12772805, RE: i disagree Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Apr-06-15 11:10 AM
>its not hard to tell an indian person from a black person. >skin color is just ONE factor in how a person looks. even if >you are going by skin color, the undertones btwn black ppl and >indian people are way different.
Generally you can, but not always. Physicalities can be just so varied and then we haven't even touched on people mixing. I get in arguments often as to whether you can tell someone is bi-racial or dominican just by looking at someone and the answer has to be you can't 100% of the time.
>i can understand there being some confusion about ethnic >origin if he was trini or guyanese, etc. but even then...these >are things that you discuss in your personal essays if thats >the case.
Well that's the point though, dude gamed the system by twerking his appearance and I am sure he crafted essays to mislead people into thinking he is black.
All to say, you can't say folks were certain he was Indian.
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