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What nationality is Mowgli?

posted 9 years ago by blondcutie1972
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He was supposed to be Indian but looked more like he was Asian?

[–] robble-1 9 years ago

I think Mowgli was Indian, but Jason Scott Lee is of Hawaiian and Chinese descent.

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[–] NobodymournstheWicked 9 years ago

He looked like an Indian to me, even through Jason Scott Lee is Hawaiian and if I am assuming i have the same guys he even helped with the language on the later Disney animated movie Lilo & Stitch.

[–] christianeagles 9 years ago

He doesn't look Indian at all. Jason Scott Lee has a Chinese background. Indians have much darker skin and don't have the eyes like that.

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[–] rpe78 9 years ago

Well technically Indians are Asians.

[–] Wuchak (8733) 3 years ago

And, technically, Egyptians and Caucasian South Africans are African.

[–] Jinx (3724) 3 years ago

Not according to anthropology.

[–] Wuchak (8733) 3 years ago

Yes, and according to strict anthropology Native Americans are really Asians since their progenitors came from Asia via Beringia to settle in the Americas, which means that AmerIndians aren't actually "native" to the Western Hemisphere.

[–] Jinx (3724) 3 years ago

That's not at all how that works . . .