I am a real Caucasian from the Caucasus. I was wondering why Western people call themselves Caucasian. I researched it and learned, but now I want to ask you directly: how do you prefer to identify your race? White or Caucasian?
5.9K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. White and black are such stupid descriptions. Nobody is actually white or black. Some Europeans are quite pale and some are brown. And Africans come in different shades, too.
African or European would be better descriptions. And people from other parts of the world come in different shades.
But if we are using common terms, I'm white because I am of mostly Irish ancestry with some bits of English, Scottish, Welsh and northwestern European.
None of my ancestry came from the Caucuses and I think the idea that all Europeans originated in the Caucuses is erroneous.10 Reply
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Anonymous(36-45)8 moCaucasian of course.
Why is it called like that? Because Caucasian people evolved in the region of Caucasus.
By the way, Caucasian race divides in Indo-Aryan, Semitic, and Hamitic, each has varieties, lighter and darker (depends on climate and other factors).
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Asker8 moBut we don’t identify ourselves as Caucasian by race; it’s more of our geographical identity
Opinion Owner8 moIt seems geographical just because that race evolved in the region of Caucasus, but the Caucasian race has spread all over the world.
Asker8 moit is actually interesting, because if you visit to any country in the Caucasus, you will see that we don’t use it as a racial identity. You will hear it about Caucasian dances, Caucasian meals, culture, etc., but never in terms of race
Opinion Owner8 moI know, because the race was named after Caucasus.
But every country on Caucasus has different customs (meals, culture, dances etc).
Opinion Owner8 moThanks for the MHO
3K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Caucasian is used by Americans like Hispanic for Mexicans while Hispania is old Roman name for Spain.
On the other hand haplogroups tests show that majority around 95% of Europeans have their roots in central Asian steppes, what includes Caucasus region. Hunter gatherer who inhabited Europe before Yamnaya expansion were small population which caused just a small shift in modern European DNA.
I think as Americans started to use the term Caucasian in 18th century they didn't know much about European roots as we know today and this term was just blind luck.23 Reply
Asker8 moI did not know that Europeans have their roots in central Asian steppes and Caucasus. so it is not wrong to call all whites are Caucasians. but actually even we Caucasians don’t identify as Caucasian in terms of race; it’s just a geographical identifier for us. when we say I am caucasian, it means I m from Caucasus
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They used to use a different term but it's now Politically Incorrect they used to call us Aryan, but now they call us Indo-European that includes Iran too they're not Arabs they're actually one of us believe it or not. Farsi is not a Semitic language it's actually part of our language family, distant but it's there.
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The yamnaya came from there, they were part caucasian that's why.
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8 moWhite north European. Caucasian was coined by a religious nuthob while on holiday in the Caucasian mountains.
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Asker8 mohe thought that the most beautiful people live in the Caucasus 😀
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He wanted some snow bunnies.
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1.4K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. White. Though most surveys say “Caucasian”.
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Asker8 mowe also define ourselves as white in terms of race, but Caucasian in terms of geography
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Would you say someone like UFC fighter Sergei pavlovich who grew up in the Caucasus and is culturally around/with many caucasians, caucasian?
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Yeah, I wish asker made an account, would be cool to talk to them.
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8 moWell I'm technically mixed race. My grandma is half Japanese, but I look 100% white. So I've always said I'm white.
10 Reply 1.6K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. The government and most businesses erroneously consider all White people to be Caucasian, even though MOST White Americans are Anglo.
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1 moBoth, because of ancestry, but most white people are not caucasian. You are both so very cool. People must be confused when you say you are ethnically caucasian and they say "I know you're white'.
00 Reply636 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Does anyone really use "Caucasian" to refer to white anymore? I barely see anyone use it these days.
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8 moHalf Slavic and half germanic white. Cause caucasian is actually not an accurate ethnic classification at all. It's more an artifact of older and mostly incorrect race theories.
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8 moI am a member of the HUMAN RACE.
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8 moIn the US we say white, where the Caucasian thing came from I don't know.
00 Reply 2.1K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Caucasian's skin care is better than white
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Asker8 moactually we also define ourselves as white in terms of race, but Caucasian in terms of geography
Its both of those. But being devil's we just get plain white usually. They should change it to 'white devil'. ⚪️👹
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8 moI have white skin but I’m of hispanic
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Descent*
Asker8 moyou're probably white in origin
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Not sure. My mom’s side likely originated somewhere in Europe. But both of my parents families came from Mexico
Asker8 moaren't all South Americans descended from Southern Europeans? 🙄 like Spain/ İtaly
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Not all. There are some bloodlines that were not touched by European colonialists
Asker8 moI knew only the natives are Americans; North white Americans are from Northern Europe and South Americans/Latins are from Southern Europe, is that wrong?
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Not sure
First of all, I am an HUMAN.
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Asker8 moWhy did you need to emphasize being human? It shouldn't be hard to understand that I didn't ask the question to animals!
Asker8 moplease keep your stupid replies away from my question which is based on natural reality
Asker8 modue to the the point of your ideology it is wrong to divide animals into HUMAN or not hummann! so you are an animal FİRST OF ALL!
12K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. On Morgan Freeman's advice, my race is "Human".
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Asker8 mothis is very ideological
Asker8 monot talking about something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. If people collectively have different appearances, there should be a term for it
Asker8 moare not you a humanist who loves diversity? İf so, I do not understand why do you deny the concept of race?
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Are not you a humanist who loves diversity? *No I am not.
İf so, I do not understand why do you deny the concept of race?
*Nowhere has that been said.
*And I certainly don't "deny" the concept of culture. Idris Elba has more in common with Daniel Craig than others with the same melanin level. - 8 mo
Morgan was specifically talking about racism, and he was right. Stop talking about it. You can’t ignore races, but for the love of God, stop talking about racism.
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Thank you guys.
I am living in America and is American citizen.
I have friends from Haiti, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Thailand, Indian, Japan, Greece, turkey.
When I talk to people I like to know their origin. If they are mixed Germany/irish or mixed Italian /french or if they are Polish or Uzbek and Indian or Russian Jews or Argentinian Jews.
The world is so beautiful with so much cultures and different history.
People … please appreciate our differences and love our similarities.
I am really really irritated by the ignorance of using colors to call us humans. - 8 mo
I call myself a HIENZ! A little bit of everything, nothing dominant, my ancestors were whore masters
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LMFAO The only possible one would be you!
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8 moI'm British. So I am transparent.
00 Reply 10.5K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. White boy
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Asker8 monot Caucasian 🙂
26.4K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. I am white.
20 Reply1.7K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. Caucasianwhite-skinned; of European origin
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8 moHuman race.
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Anonymous(25-29)8 moI’m just white and native that’s it
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8 moHuman
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8 moHUMAN !!!
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8 moWhite
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