Then, it's incumbent on you to explain how you could tell "what they
were". One certainly can't tell by looking, but one *can* make assumptions
based on how people look.

I'm not even sure what this means. Mixed race couples would not be
accepted even if they dyed their skin. Same race couples would be
accepted, even if one of them had a deep sun tan.

I won't even go into the lack of validity of the concept of different
"races" within the human species.

It doesn't have to be valid - it merely has to be a way to discriminate,
which it is. And, btw, I am not supporting such bigotry as "They were a
different =race= goddamit!" by posting it, I'm merely pointing out that
at one time, not too long ago, that bigotry did exist.

Jose
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