No, Grinches are a distinct species:
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WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The Whos, like all species, have a degree of diversity. Grinches are just a Who ethnic minority. Whoville is a Sundown Town; Grinches aren’t allowed in city limits after nightfall. Why do you think The Grinch lives in a cave? Hell, they don’t even let him have a name. He’s just “The Grinch.” They’re doing the equivalent of calling the one member of a minority group in town “The Black” or “The Jew.”
Whos are terrible people.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t see any reference to two distinct species in that page…
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It’s true that a Grinch could be a kind of Who, but considering how different Whos look compared to this Grinch and the famous green one, there’s no reason to think they are.
papalonian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Humans of different races can look pretty different from one another and only a problematic few would have trouble thinking we’re the same species.
Starting to sound like a Who Supremacist to me /s
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You have two species that can understand each other’s languages, live in close proximity, have the same body plan, and are both the rarest form of species - sentient intelligent tool users. The odds that they both evolved simultaneously and independently is vanishingly small. Maybe they’re a homo sapiens/neanderthal situation - two separate but related species. But odds are this is simply a case of racial persecution.
joyjoy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
#TheGrinchWasRight