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AwdiKei
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08 May 2015, 1:32 am

Someone on a forum I frequent claimed that Autism Spectrum Disorders are primarily diagnosed among African Americans and Middle-Easterners.


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08 May 2015, 7:53 am

maybe because they don't have enough budget to travel around the world? just kidding.

I'm half Filipino and Chinese.


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08 May 2015, 8:25 am

Mostly western European ancestry with a dash of Native American. French, Italian, German, Dutch, English, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, some other I can't remember, and Menominee.

I believe the word you are looking for is Caucasian.



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08 May 2015, 8:28 am

Primarily Cherokee, Cree, English, German, Polish, and Scots.

The OP should stop hanging around racist websites.



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08 May 2015, 8:38 am

Very much danish. Slightly finnish which is about 1/8.



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08 May 2015, 8:52 am

Mine is mostly English, Irish, and Scottish, with a bit of Cherokee.



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08 May 2015, 8:59 am

Non-Caucasian people are actually UNDER-represented as far as autism diagnoses are concerned.

My RACIAL background (I believe "race" is merely an totally artificial construct) is Northern European Caucasian.

My ETHNIC background: Mostly Dutch, German, and Russian, with a smattering of English and Irish.



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08 May 2015, 12:25 pm

White


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08 May 2015, 1:27 pm

Nope, I'm of French/Dutch Huguenot descent... via Guernsey & South London on the way to here! :)



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08 May 2015, 2:41 pm

To quote Cinema Sins, "That's racist".
I'm the most lily-white person (in skin color only) in our family. Apparently I have French and English ancestors and I think my great-grandmother was a Native.



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08 May 2015, 6:42 pm

Greek Aries.



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08 May 2015, 7:54 pm

AwdiKei wrote:
Someone on a forum I frequent claimed that Autism Spectrum Disorders are primarily diagnosed among African Americans and Middle-Easterners.


That person was incorrect.



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08 May 2015, 8:01 pm

Fnord wrote:
The OP should stop hanging around racist websites.


That seems a bit harsh. The "someone" in the original post did sound like a racist with that remark, though.

Euro-mutt. I identify as Welsh-American, since I sort of fit that stereotype more than the others, and also since I never met anyone else who identifies as Welsh-American.


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08 May 2015, 8:33 pm

I am mixed with African American, American Indian and Caucasian (a slave owner) on my Father's side. On my Mother's side I have West Indian from the Virgin Islands and Danish.



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08 May 2015, 8:51 pm

Celtic/Viking mutt.


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08 May 2015, 10:30 pm

My mother is human. Caucasian she is English and German decent.

My biological father was from the planet Hebezeka and iv'e never met him in my life. Around 100 of his ancestors fled the planet to escape persecution and he was born on the ship that was travelling to Earth. My parents met and they had me.

I found out who I was was on my 18th birthday. My mother told me I am only half-human. I have naturally red eyes but I wear color contacts to keep my eyes blue.