# Hypothetical about etnicities **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296 "2021-07-12T11:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danger\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296/1 "2021-07-12T11:47:05Z")
The etnicities that exist in the world today can sometimes look quite different from eachother, but otherwise the differences are quite minimal. We have quite a lot of racism in the world, but also a big cultural change away from racism. But what if the difference between the etnicities was a lot more pronounced, how would the world look today? What would the discussions look like? Would we have the same kind of anti-racist movement, or would it take on another form? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296/2 "2021-07-12T11:56:59Z")
I don’t see how making the differences between the races more pronounced would make anything better. Would a black people with an extra set of nipples be discriminated against more than they are today? It would just add to the existing lines of racism towards them IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296/3 "2021-07-12T12:17:00Z")
Humans don”t need race to be intolerant. Class, creed, nationality, even our favorite sports team are reason enough to irrationally hate our fellow human beings. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296/4 "2021-07-13T00:12:17Z")
Memo to OP: It’s “et **H** nicities”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296/5 "2021-07-13T00:16:57Z")
For example…? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296/6 "2021-07-13T00:17:25Z")
Ethnicity ≠ race. Are you talking about the thousands upon thousands of different ethnicities, or the handful of races as seen in the check boxes on American forms? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296/7 "2021-07-13T21:29:55Z")
I can’t see how it could be anything but make racism much, much worse. If ethnicity had drastic differences in appearance, discrimination would be extreme. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-about-etnicities/946296/8 "2021-07-13T21:41:54Z")
It’s not difficult to come up with a reason to hate another group. Just ask [Jane Elliott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1mcCLm_LwpE/maxresdefault.jpg "A Class Divided (full documentary) | FRONTLINE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mcCLm_LwpE)