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[7] [e] Aside from the Chinese accounts, several popular traditions also exist regarding Bodhidharma's origins. [note 2] Throughout Buddhist art, Bodhidharma is depicted as an ill-tempered, large-nosed, profusely-bearded, wide-eyed non-Chinese person. He is referred to as "The Blue-Eyed Barbarian" (Chinese: 碧眼胡; pinyin: Bìyǎnhú) in ...
A Mexican Inquisition bigamy case in Mexico City labeled one woman variously as a china, loba ("wolf"), and parda ("dark skinned"), one example of a person shifting racial categorization. [2] In marriage applications where individuals had to include the names of their parents, chinos tended not to know this information.
A woman with dark skin. Dark skin is a type of human skin color that is rich in melanin pigments. [1] [2] [3] People with dark skin are often referred to as black people, [4] although this usage can be ambiguous in some countries where it is also used to specifically refer to different ethnic groups or populations. [5] [6] [7] [8]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. "Skin pigmentation" redirects here. For animal skin pigmentation, see Biological pigment. Extended Coloured family from South Africa showing some spectrum of human skin coloration Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among ...
An assessment of racism in Trinidad notes people often being described by their skin tone, with the gradations being "HIGH RED – part White, part Black but 'clearer' than Brown-skin: HIGH BROWN – More white than Black, light skinned: DOUGLA – part Indian and part Black: LIGHT SKINNED, or CLEAR SKINNED Some Black, but more White: TRINI ...
Pas-ta'ai (Chinese: 矮靈祭; pinyin: Ǎilíngjì), the "Ritual to the Spirits of the Short [People]", is a ritual of the Saisiyat people, a Taiwanese aboriginal group. The ritual commemorates the Ta'ai, a tribe of short dark-skinned people they say used to live near them. The ritual is held every two years and all Saisiyat are expected to ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Chinese people. It includes Chinese people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Chinese people of African descent (born or naturalized)
[41] Chinese persons played the maid, a courtesan and background characters. [citation needed] 2009: Hanger: Wade Gibb as Russell: Ryan Nicholson: A black comedy in which a Chinese man with Down syndrome is portrayed by a White actor under heavy prosthetics and make-up. 2009 Ushi & Dushi: Wendy van Dijk as Ushi Hirosaki Spin-off from Ushi & Van ...