ManfredMumpitz@feddit.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoTIL that Jesus Christ was probably born in 7–4 B.C.feddit.orgimagemessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-down1imageTIL that Jesus Christ was probably born in 7–4 B.C.feddit.orgManfredMumpitz@feddit.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square90linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRandom_Character_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoWouldn’t it be funny if somebody went backin time and found our that he was just some toothless guy Northern India.
minus-squareHupf@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoHow would a white guy have ended up in Northern India at the time?
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoBy technical definition. You can look into why Arabs are considered white by US definitions.
minus-squarebenjirenji@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoYou want me to google “are Arabs considered white in the US in 2026?”?
minus-squareForester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoAs far as the census department is concerned, yes they still are. There is a reason the select race option says white/caucasion instead of separating them. That reason is Jesus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_whiteness_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_v._United_States
Wouldn’t it be funny if somebody went backin time and found our that he was just some toothless guy Northern India.
How would a white guy have ended up in Northern India at the time?
A white guy?
I mean just look at his image:
By technical definition. You can look into why Arabs are considered white by US definitions.
You want me to google “are Arabs considered white in the US in 2026?”?
As far as the census department is concerned, yes they still are. There is a reason the select race option says white/caucasion instead of separating them. That reason is Jesus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_whiteness_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_v._United_States