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Anthrophobia, if you read this thread entirely, you'll find that I've already said what you said. Will respond to your other points later.
Actually, it is by reading it entirely that I can claim that you said the opposite. Or, how bout a quote of your own post to prove it to me? To be blunt, I don't think you never mentioned the Union of the Five Races nor the fallacy of judging current boundaries with historical boundaries until I brought it up, but you could prove me wrong with a quote

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You say Han --> white and Manchu --> black. But Manchus were the one with the power during the Qing dynasty.
I say that's a really invalid comparison, as Han had a heck of a lot more power than blacks did during the same time period. What would people during the 18th century say to have a half-black as president(such as emperor Kangxi for the Qing dynasty), or black officials in governing positions? Just the thought of abolishing slavery(considering Lincoln never really said he was going to do until it was obvious he was winning the American Civil War) started a civil war.Heck, at least the Qing population census counted the Han as one person instead of a fraction of a person, as America used to count blacks. Ironically, it's the Southern States that wanted blacks to be counted as a whole person, while the Northern States did not(because this would give the Southern States more voting power through population count, even though blacks weren't allowed to vote). So, I would say that the Han during the Qing had powers that African Americans could only hope to dream of. It's impressive how much society advanced in just 200 years. Now we could have a half-black president, and no one's spasming over it.
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