Talk:Character Ethnicity

Do you mind if I add things like Germanic (Germany, Austria and that general area), and Mediteranian (Like Italy and Greece.) Clarrissa Arkano is French/German based and Gorak Spartacus is Greco-Italian. Andrew 20:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

On the note of Americans falling under Irish, America has been considered the "melting pot" of races. If you say you're American, that tells someone what country you're from. You could be Latino, British, Russian, Asian, or whatever. I would consider a traditional Caucasian American being British, of the things listed. The only real difference is accent. 21:50, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

@Toa: I think Germanic and Mediterreanian (spelling?) would go under any other white background. Feg has used a system which only includes the things listed.

You know what, I don't why but I always think of my characters as white - whenever I describe the character's appearance, I never state of the colour of their skin. I don't want to sound racist, though. . 06:45, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

I understand, Evil Dude. Here it's just about how we imagine the characters look, ie how the authors see their characters. To everyone else - as I said, a more versatile system could come in handy, as one could have difficulty marking where people stop having a dark white skin and then have a more Arabian or African complexion. If anyone finds a better code, one which lists Hispanic/Latino peoples, Native Americans, and the many other skin tones, then that would be useful. Until then I'd imagine Germanic and Mediterranean go under 'Other White,' although Arabic and Turkish people would go under 'Any other Asian background'. --Fegaxeyl 08:06, 20 February 2009 (UTC)