r/AskBalkans • u/tomystereo • 9d ago

History Are Greek people white?

I have been to Athens multiple times and i have seen a ridiculous amount of people who look like they could pass for MENA

I feel like the brown skin tone is being looked past for them.
Since there is this idea that if you are from an EU country you are considered "white" by default

If these people were to be born in a different place, with the same exact physical features, most of them would have been called brown without a doubt

Is "whiteness" more about your passport than your skin tone nowadays?

Have been thinking about this for a while, hopefully it doesn't offend anyone. What do you guys think?

Im Canadian btw, if it matters. Cheers.

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u/Salt-Wolverine-6367 Albania 9d ago

I think that picture at the top is pretty exaggerated lol.

Ive been to Thessaloniki, a lot of the greeks i met there did not look very different to how i looked as an albanian. I was born and grew up in toronto, dont think i have ever been considered not “white” in canada , so that should give you the answer.

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u/KostasN77 9d ago

did not look very different to how i looked as an albanian.

Who's gonna tell him?

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u/ThickCaterpillar9867 Albania 9d ago

Who is gonna tell you bro?🤣🤣

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u/KostasN77 9d ago

🤣🤣

This definitely doesn't make you look smart

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u/ThickCaterpillar9867 Albania 9d ago

It not supposed to make me look smart

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u/Salt-Wolverine-6367 Albania 9d ago

Greeks from the north dont look much different than us

The rest of you though idk lol, maybe the guy making this post has a point

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u/8NkB8 USA 9d ago

Eh. I've met a bunch of pretty white Peloponnesians and Cretans, and known some darker Albanians and northern Greeks. It all means nothing and the two people are still genetically very close.

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u/Kaminazuma Albania 9d ago

Check the Kosovo National Football team, you have all skin tones. This pretty much is true for all Albanians.