# What's His Ethnicity? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230 "2014-10-23T05:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/41 "2014-10-25T15:31:32Z")
My wife thinks Middle Eastern, my guess is Greek. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/42 "2014-10-25T18:11:10Z")
> [@astro](#): > > He came from the Punjab. He is the human aspect of The Hindu God Hanuman, Monkey God, and Hero of the Ramayana. He is an attractive man but he has a furry monkey tail. Eh, nobody’s perfect. I wouldn’t kick him out of bed for eating crackers, tail or no tail. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/43 "2014-10-25T18:17:04Z")
Spongeworthy ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/44 "2014-10-25T20:35:16Z")
Interesting to see the generally blushingly positive response to bronze skin, light eyes, fine features, narrow nose, thin lips… I wonder if this appeal is universal or just reflects SDMB tastes? I’ve got the skin; just need to go out and get green contacts, and I’m all set to be ga-ga’ed. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/45 "2014-10-26T01:14:10Z")
> [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](#): > > Dear GrumpyBunny, I’m really sorry, but my hands and feet were registered in Philadelphia in 1970. You’ll just have to get in line. Though maybe I might get distracted by some of the Swedes… _throws Swedes_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/46 "2014-10-26T04:50:35Z")
> [@Apocalypso](#): > > My wife thinks Middle Eastern, my guess is Greek. Greek was my immediate, no thought involved, impression. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/47 "2014-10-26T05:18:09Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Spongeworthy 😕 I’m afraid to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/48 "2014-10-26T05:29:10Z")
It’s a reference to an episode of _[Seinfeld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sponge)_. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/49 "2014-10-26T05:52:49Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Eh, nobody’s perfect. I wouldn’t kick him out of bed for eating crackers, tail or no tail. What if he fed himself crackers with the tail? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/50 "2014-10-26T05:59:35Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Yep, I immediately thought of that famous National Geographic cover of the Afghan girl. I used to call her the “you gonna get raped” girl because she had the same eyes as a meme with an old guy. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/51 "2014-10-26T06:10:37Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I used to call her the “you gonna get raped” girl because she had the same eyes as a meme with an old guy. WTF? 😕 Grude, you’re losing it man. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/52 "2014-10-26T06:36:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > WTF? 😕 > > Grude, you’re losing it man. There was a popular meme several years ago of a photo taken of an old homeless man with an intense stare and grey eyes, the text “you’re gonna get raped” was added to the photo. Similarly there was a famous photo of the Afghan girl with an intense stare and grey eyes, at the time I didn’t know it was from National Geographic. So when people would say what was that girl with the crazy grey eyes I would go just like the YGGR guy right? That must make sense. Ok here they are: [![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGyjK_gAmew/SOuJOHqBhWI/AAAAAAAAAPs/YM1c_iJbRk0/s400/Rape-ScaryBlackDude.jpg) ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IGyjK_gAmew/SOuJOHqBhWI/AAAAAAAAAPs/YM1c_iJbRk0/s400/Rape-ScaryBlackDude.jpg) [![](http://www.get-covers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Afghan-Girl-.jpg) ](http://www.get-covers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Afghan-Girl-.jpg) Those aren’t my uploaded photos they were found with img search. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/53 "2014-10-26T06:58:49Z")
> [@astro](#): > > He came from the Punjab. He is the human aspect of The Hindu God Hanuman, Monkey God, and Hero of the Ramayana. He is an attractive man but he has a furry monkey tail. > [@Zsofia](#): > > Eh, nobody’s perfect. I wouldn’t kick him out of bed for eating crackers, tail or no tail. > [@gigi](#): > > What if he fed himself crackers with the tail? seems like a start of script of good fiction movie. well done. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nandla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@nandla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nandla)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/54 "2014-12-15T12:08:33Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Its often futile to differentiate Indian-Pakistani-Bangladeshi people, or people of different states of India as they all essentially same people. Vast majority of Pakistanis and Bangladeshi are converts from Hinduism, (Iranis and Iraqis are coverts from Zoroastrianism) > > For ex. , my grandparents migrated from present-day pakistan during partition. I have a Hindu name and when I google my last name, all Hindus in search results are Indians and all muslims are Pakistanis . As their generations have descended, the pakistanis/bangladeshis often replace their last names with a generic muslim name such as Mohammad or Ali or khan etc… > > Even within Indian states, its often impossible to ascertain which state does the person come from, just by how he/she looks. For ex. all these cricketers come from Indian state of Maharashtra - > [tendulkar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Sachin_at_Castrol_Golden_Spanner_Awards_(crop).jpg)[kambli](http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01669/1-VINOD_KAMBLI_1669059f.jpg)[ankola](http://crickethighlights.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cricketers/Salil_Ankola-1.jpg)[pawar](http://im.rediff.com/cricket/2004/mar/03powar.jpg)[agarkar](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-24265366,width-300,resizemode-4/Ajit-Agarkar.jpg)[kuruvila](http://img.khelnama.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_content_big/public/mediaimages/gallery/2013/Apr/Abey-Kuruvilla_01.jpg) > > Likewise both these cricketers come from Tamilnadu - > [Balaji](http://static.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/149800/149808.jpg)[Vijay](http://ccl5.com/ccl-5-bhojpuri-dabanggs-team-kits-official-logo-2015/) We must spread peace instead of hatred. ---
**Author:** ![IndianStones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ebca7d/32.png) [@IndianStones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndianStones)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/55 "2015-01-19T22:13:09Z")
Just learned the man is an Indian from Himachal Pradesh. Pic was taken 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/56 "2015-01-19T23:17:02Z")
Oooh – Pretty! ---
**Author:** ![IndianStones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ebca7d/32.png) [@IndianStones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndianStones)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/57 "2015-01-23T07:53:18Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/58 "2015-01-23T07:57:31Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > I was also just going to go with ethnicity = “Hot”. Yep. Objectifying aside, dude is super attractive no matter what ethnicity he may be. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-his-ethnicity/702230/64 "2018-01-14T10:10:23Z")
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