April 20, 2009

Those racist Americans

I had lunch today with an old friend, and we couldn't think of any nation other than the U.S. whose current head of state is not a member of the largest ethnic group in that country. Historically we came up with Disraeli and Fujimori.

Here are the current G-20 - it turns out there are a couple, but none except us among the 'Great Powers':
  • Country - Most common ethnicity, ethnicity of leader. Got it?
  • Argentina - 86% of population of European descent, so is their Palin-like President
  • Australia - 90% of European descent, as is Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
  • Brazil - 50% white, President is Lula who - well, I can't tell. He blames recent developments on "white people with blue eyes", so I guess he isn't one.
  • Canada - Very White, Very White.
  • China - Han, Han (ok, I'm guessing, but he doesn't look Zhuang or Manchu to me)
  • France - French White, French White (can't tell if he's Roman, Celt, or Gaul, but he's definitely white).
  • Germany - German, German
  • India - Not Sikh, Sikh. Whoa.
  • Indonesia - Javanese, Javanese (pretty sure)
  • Italy - Italian, Italian
  • Japan - Japanese, Japanese
  • Mexico - Mexican, Mexican
  • Russia - Russian, Russian
  • Saudi Arabia - Arab, Arab
  • South Africa - South African, South African
  • Turkey - Turkic, Turkic (reformed Islamist)
  • U.K. - English, German
  • U.S. - Ta-Da!
I'm looking forward to the day we see an Algerian head of state in France, or an Uzbek at the Kremlin. Until then, the ROW can have a big cup of STFU.

4 Comments:

Blogger VMM said...

Point of fact: Sarkozy's father was Hungarian.

April 20, 2009 at 8:29 PM  
Blogger VMM said...

Also: glad we solved that racism problem here!

April 20, 2009 at 8:30 PM  
Blogger The Sum of All Monkeys said...

Humor me and do the same exercise with religious men vs. atheists.

Or is that bait just too stinky even for this pond?

April 20, 2009 at 9:40 PM  
Blogger The Front said...

I've always wondered how many religious leaders actually believe in God... You get a nice house and a nice hat, seems like some folks might pretend a little just to get the, uh, emoluments...

April 20, 2009 at 11:23 PM  

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