Talk:Luk kreung

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Is Tiger Woods luk kreung?

No. According to my sources, luk kreung have to be half-Thai, half-falang. Woods isn't half anything. Mark^{your words} 16:50, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Sure he is; he's half Thai, half American ("falang dam," to be exact). And the definition here simply says that a luk kreung's parents are of different races. Exitr 03:07, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

No, because his parents were not whole anything. Mark^{your words} 10:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

And who is whole anything? Except for a few isolated pockets of genetic homogeneity, everyone is a hybrid. And again, the definition says parents of different races, not of two individually "pure" races. Exitr 17:01, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

No, everyone is not a hybrid. Luk Kreung means half white, half Thai. Capiche? Sorrowek 05:48, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Someone (probably me) wrote the definition as a rough guide to the meaning- it's not an official definition suitable for deep analysis. As far as 'wholeness' goes, the concept of the luk krueng is a product of Thai racial prejudices, and by definition illogical. Looking for reasonable definitions or rationales will get you nowhere. Mark^{your words} 17:26, 17 March 2006 (UTC)