What do you admire about peoples races/ethnicities?

Instead of focusing on the negative lets say what we LOVE about other races or even your own!

And it can be either physical, or cultural or anything!
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Hear hear!

I find the Arabic culture one of the RICHEST most beautiful cultures IMO(I'm not only talking about muslims here either, but I'm talking ALL).

And their music Ray(PricelessHo) already knows how far I'm with my addiction.

Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it's on baby
It has turned off and gone


Lady Day

I love every shade of skin color. Truly.
I do wish this was celebrated more. There is such unique beauty in each from the lightest to the darkest. Maybe it's an artsy-fartsy thing to say, but I mean it.

I love the many different styles of music that come from different cultures and the awesome and amazing sounds that come from combining them.

the endurance and ability to overcome the pain of a long race. The mental drive to finish!

johnart said:

I love every shade of skin color. Truly.
I do wish this was celebrated more. There is such unique beauty in each from the lightest to the darkest. Maybe it's an artsy-fartsy thing to say, but I mean it.

I love the many different styles of music that come from different cultures and the awesome and amazing sounds that come from combining them.

tinaz said:

johnart said:

I love every shade of skin color. Truly.
I do wish this was celebrated more. There is such unique beauty in each from the lightest to the darkest. Maybe it's an artsy-fartsy thing to say, but I mean it.

I love the many different styles of music that come from different cultures and the awesome and amazing sounds that come from combining them.

PERFECT!! thats exactly how I feel too! I couldnt of said it better myself!! I also love the different foods from different cultures as well...

More ethnic than racial...

* Southeast Asia. I am ever stunned at the mechanical artistry and spiritual depth that certain of your cultures have plumbed in the simple act of self defense. You've taken delivering an ass whippin' to the level of almost religious devotion.

* Christian Europe (Particularly of a Calvinist lineage). I love that you could develop communal worship amid various traditions without the liturgical loudness and fireworks. There's something Godly in subtlety.

* African diaspora. I love that you can bring the loudness and fireworks when need be to ecstatic effect in your communal worship. There's something Godly in intensity.
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tinaz said:

johnart said:

I love every shade of skin color. Truly.
I do wish this was celebrated more. There is such unique beauty in each from the lightest to the darkest. Maybe it's an artsy-fartsy thing to say, but I mean it.

I love the many different styles of music that come from different cultures and the awesome and amazing sounds that come from combining them.

PERFECT!! thats exactly how I feel too! I couldnt of said it better myself!! I also love the different foods from different cultures as well...

Lammastide said:

CarrieMpls said:

Lammastide said:

CarrieMpls said:

NOOOOO i didnt want to be put in P&R!!!

I have always loved the black race for their hipness, soul, rhythm, and style. While white guys were wearing plain old jeans and T shirts, black guys were wearing clothes with a stylish cut, colors, and materials with a shine to them. Flash...flash...flash....style...style...style. Even down to the cars. Back in the day while white folks were driving pick-up trucks, black folks were driving in style in Cadillacs, Lincolns, and anything luxurious and stylish. I never saw a black person back then in a truck of any kind unless they did yard work or something. Trucks were strictly for rednecks only. And talk about rhythm, oh hell, funk, disco, house music....nothing but a ass shakin' good time. Hell, black folks could even take a stuffy place like church and give it rhythm. Shit hop came along and did away with all that fun though. Hell, nuns are more stylish these days and stuffy classical musicians got more rhythm than 90% of black music these days. I don't even consider shit hop as black music, I consider it white music, and not just any old white music, but dorky rhythmless Lawrence Welk type white music. The black race is definately the funnest race to be around and less two-facedness than I've encountered with a lot of white people in my experiences.

In the past decade or so, I've been really admiring some hispanics, especially the men. Sexy, sexy, sexy, sexy dammitt! Oh Lord, I want me a big ole beef enchilada so bad I can't stand it. They just got a sexy look to them. Dark hair, darker skin than whites but lighter skin than blacks, kinda inbetween, just hot honey. Middle Eastern men are hot too. Exotic looking. Well, exotic looking to me at least considering that I'm from Mississippi and everything has always been predominately white and black only for years. We've gotten a larger hispanic population though in recent years. I don't know any personally but I certainly want to get to know some.

I love Asian or oriental art and decor. From the screens, the art, the decor, even down to the plants. It just has a beautiful calm delicate look to it.
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tinaz said:

I love learning about the Massai group in Africa. They are fierce people. I just watched a show that mentioned that lions are afraid of them. Can you believe that? They wear orange to keep the lions/tigers away, because lions don't like the color orange. I also purchased a book about them. I wasn't so happy to learn how some of the women are treated, but the treatment of women in most societies is a global issue, that is a fight still waiting to be won. Anyway, for some reason I have always had an interest in that particular group. I'm still learning about them, and find them to be an interesting people.
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The patience and love I am blessed with, is the golden key for my strength and survival.

i've always been drawn to the Hellenes.

Mythology, Art, Philosophy, Food, Mysticism, Religion, History.


i wanted to be Greek growing up.

ehuffnsd said:

ehuffnsd said:

*Jews. At consistently well under 1% of the global population for millennia, you teach the world amazing things about internal support and the place of faith in thriving amid adversity.

I love where my man originates from, the West Indies. They have incorporated historical experience along with their faith and creativity. It's truly a dynamic force, being continuously fashioned by creative energies and other influences with Carnival being one of the most powerful symbols of their culture. It's truly amazing and they are able to seek uniqueness among themselves and mesh that into a global basket that identifies them as Caribbean peeps.

Lammastide said:

My African-Americans: I love our soulfulness and sense of style.

For my Latino side: I love our passion and the strong commitment to family, much like my african american side. Plus, I love our sense of rhythm.

I love the way Asian families respect their elders and their sense of humbleness.

Native Americans: I love their spirituality

I am like most folks in here, I love all races and cultures. Each race brings a different element to the table that makes us all that much appreciative of diversity.

Lammastide said:

PanthaGirl said:

The patience and love I am blessed with, is the golden key for my strength and survival.

2elijah said:

I LOVE R&B and Soul. I also love Reggae.

I love Moroccan and Moorish artwork.

I love the Edwardian / Victorian era for fashion and mannerisms, my favorite fashion era is the 1920's Flapper / Art Deco era.

Nothing will top the fabrics and embroideries from India. I love Indian food and culture.

I love Spanish/latin dance, also belly dance and classical Indian dance.
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ehuffnsd said:

PanthaGirl said:

The patience and love I am blessed with, is the golden key for my strength and survival.