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This word in widely used in the US to refer to people of European origin who are White. The original classification was far broader than this, meaning people who have fair to dark skin, straight to curly hair, light to dark eyes, people from Europe, North Africa, Western Asia and parts of India. In Europe the word is no longer in technical use
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Are germans caucasians?
Yes. Germans are considered white and Caucasian.
Is there only three true races caucasian African and Asian is this correct?
Race is a social construct and not a biological reality. There is no scientific basis for dividing humans into distinct and fixed racial categories. The classification of races into Caucasian, African, and Asian is outdated and oversimplified, and does not reflect the full diversity of human populations.
How did the white Caucasian race come to being?
The concept of race is a social construct, and the grouping of people into "white Caucasian" emerged as a way to categorize individuals based on physical characteristics like skin color. The idea of whiteness has evolved over time through historical and cultural factors, including colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade. It is important to recognize that race is not based on biological differences, but rather on societal perceptions and norms.
Did white people come from the Caucuses mountains?
The concept of a Caucasian race or Varietas Caucasia was developed around 1800 by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, a German scientist and classical anthropologist.He named it after the peoples from the Caucasus region, whom he considered to be the archetype for the grouping.However, modern day tracing of ancestry based on human genome studies have not demonstrated a precise genetic definition of Caucasian and most scholars believe that Blumenbach's ideas are pure fiction.
Your father is caucAsian your mom is Asian what are you?
Note that Caucasian and Asian are not equivalent designations. Either you are asking by anthropological classification:CaucasianMongolianNegroidOr by common group:EuropeanAsianAfricanIf you are the child of a European and an Asian, you are a Eurasian.
What is another name for white people?
White people in general are known as 'Caucasian'
Was Redskins kicker Mark Mosley a caucasian?
He was Caucasian (white)
Was the white ethnic group effected by affirmative action?
Absolutely, and it continues to be. Affirmative action can be considered a form of reserve discrimination. While Canada doesn't have an affirmative action policy they have an employment equity plan which in essence is the same thing.Added: There is no such thing as a White (i.e.: Caucasian) ETHNIC group. Caucasian is a Racial designation, not an 'ethnic' group.
How do you use Caucasian is a sentence?
A person who is caucasian is normally a white person.
What is the correct term to use white or Caucasian?
Caucasian :) Either is fine, but it is better to use the word Caucasian. :)
You are white- what is your race?
Caucasian
What is racial ethnicity is Barack Obama's mother?
100 % white/Caucasian a citizen of the United States.
What is the meaning of the race white?
CAUCASIAN
Can Lady Gaga speak Caucasian?
Caucasian is not a language, it is a race, also known as white!
Can you give me a synonym for the word Caucasian?
White
Was Ruth Wakefield black or white?
Caucasian
What is the official name for white people?
Caucasian
