Benjamin Franklin on "Whites"

[Colonial]

Obviously this man had a very odd standard of White. Only British and Vikings I guess do have ivory skin, while there seems to be more of a gold color in central Europe and a tan in southern Europe. Though surely most of us Russian also have ivory.

[Theobald]

Originally Posted by Colonial

Obviously this man had a very odd standard of White. Only British and Vikings I guess do have ivory skin, while there seems to be more of a gold color in central Europe and a tan in southern Europe. Though surely most of us Russian also have ivory.

What are you exactly, German, Russian, Portuguese ? An American mix of the three components ("Colonial") ? A Russian immigrant in Germany dating a Portuguese man ?

[Menydh]

Ethnicity, Russian; Country, Germany; Politics, Communism; Posting from Canada..

what would you expect?

[Engelbrecht]

Originally Posted by Mynydd

Ethnicity, Russian; Country, Germany; Politics, Communism; Posting from Canada..

what would you expect?

I expect that that is about what it takes to believe in the Franklin rubbish.

[LoKi]

And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.

I don't get it. The Swedes, a swarthy complexion?

"as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English"
Does the "who" refer to the Germans or the Saxons? And since when do Saxons have lighter or darker skin then the rest of the Germans?

The US were founded by a bunch of retards as Franklin or sexual pervert as Jeffersson. I think the US is a big experiment to find out just how stupid, dumpy and superstitious the people of a civilization can get while still being competent enough to maintain indoor plumbing.

[Rognvaldr]

What a ridiculous statement, though it seems to reflect the ignorance of the time. The mere assertion that the only white men are English and Saxons is ludicrous, even if one was not as knowledgeable of European tribal/ethnic origins as some are today. I would gladly stand in a trench with a Swede, Frenchman, Italian, or Spaniard against some of the real enemies we face today.