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Umm, I’m not American so bear with me:

- the lady in blue, she looks like a white person after having sun in the beach

- the guy with purple tshirt, he looks readhead, so white

- the guy with white hat and black hoodie looks south American

- the guy with glasses and red jacket, looks black

- the ladies with white tshirt, look white

- the lady with glasses and brown tshirt, looks white

- the guy with grey hat and orange hoodie looks white

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You are responding to a silly comment. With that said, I think straight black hair often implies non-european ancestry. I'd just assume main woman is Spanish, one in white is Asian. The non-black males are all pretty ambiguous (shrug)

The fact that people have to speculate this shows IMHO nicely not just that there are no clear borders between peoples "race" but that the concept of race seems pretty pointless.

> The fact that people have to speculate this shows IMHO nicely not just that there are no clear borders between peoples "race" but that the concept of race seems pretty pointless.

We are talking about cartoons, so we're really talking about symbols and coding. You're taking too much of a leap by inferring that much about the underlying concept from the use of symbols. You might have a point, but you need different support.

>I think straight black hair often implies non-european ancestry

What? I better tell some friends they aren't European.

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