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The Default Human Being


Answer this question quickly–what race are the people in the picture above?

What are their defining characteristics, what color is their skin, how are their eyes and lips shaped?  Can you tell what race they are?

If you answered White, you’re wrong.  If you answered Asian, then answer the next question: who are these people?  Actually, that question might be too hard, so I’ll give you the answer: from left to right, it’s my daughter the Pod, me, and my son Gun-Gun.  (Gun drew this for me yesterday.)

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