How do you identify your race: White or Caucasian?

[Anonymous]

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?

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8 mo

by the way we also define ourselves as white in terms of race and Caucasian in terms of geography

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8 mo

Some of you replied "Human" or "I'm human." What bullshit! Did I ever imply you were an animal or anything other than human when I asked the question? Try to be a bit more logical!

[Lliam]

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.

[Anonymous]

Caucasian 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).

[Asker]

But we don’t identify ourselves as Caucasian by race; it’s more of our geographical identity

[Opinion Owner]

It seems geographical just because that race evolved in the region of Caucasus, but the Caucasian race has spread all over the world.

[Asker]

it 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 Owner]

I know, because the race was named after Caucasus.
But every country on Caucasus has different customs (meals, culture, dances etc).

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for the MHO

[FreyaRed]

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.

[Asker]

I 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

[Seangreen]

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.

[ironsteelbirade]

The yamnaya came from there, they were part caucasian that's why.

[purplepoppy]

White north European. Caucasian was coined by a religious nuthob while on holiday in the Caucasian mountains.

[Asker]

he thought that the most beautiful people live in the Caucasus 😀

[ironsteelbirade]

He wanted some snow bunnies.

[Abbycado]

White. Though most surveys say “Caucasian”.

[Asker]

we also define ourselves as white in terms of race, but Caucasian in terms of geography

[Abbycado]

Yep, not sure why they use the term and really only for surveys. I don’t know why that is so much more politically correct but geographically at all.

[ironsteelbirade]

Would you say someone like UFC fighter Sergei pavlovich who grew up in the Caucasus and is culturally around/with many caucasians, caucasian?

[Abbycado]

Who gives af? This question is 7 mo old ffs. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[ironsteelbirade]

Yeah, I wish asker made an account, would be cool to talk to them.

[emeraldsaphire]

Well I'm technically mixed race. My grandma is half Japanese, but I look 100% white. So I've always said I'm white.

[HighValue]

The government and most businesses erroneously consider all White people to be Caucasian, even though MOST White Americans are Anglo.

[ironsteelbirade]

Both, 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'.

[avery58]

Does anyone really use "Caucasian" to refer to white anymore? I barely see anyone use it these days.

[genericname85]

Half 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.

[AviatorTom]

I am a member of the HUMAN RACE.

[DonaldDarko]

In the US we say white, where the Caucasian thing came from I don't know.

[ibodi]

Caucasian's skin care is better than white

[Asker]

actually we also define ourselves as white in terms of race, but Caucasian in terms of geography

[Dongie]

Its both of those. But being devil's we just get plain white usually. They should change it to 'white devil'. ⚪️👹

[Danny_dan92]

I have white skin but I’m of hispanic

[Danny_dan92]

Descent*

[Asker]

you're probably white in origin

[Danny_dan92]

Not sure. My mom’s side likely originated somewhere in Europe. But both of my parents families came from Mexico

[Asker]

aren't all South Americans descended from Southern Europeans? 🙄 like Spain/ İtaly

[Danny_dan92]

Not all. There are some bloodlines that were not touched by European colonialists

[Asker]

I knew only the natives are Americans; North white Americans are from Northern Europe and South Americans/Latins are from Southern Europe, is that wrong?

[Danny_dan92]

Not sure

[Caillouuu]

First of all, I am an HUMAN.

[Asker]

Why did you need to emphasize being human? It shouldn't be hard to understand that I didn't ask the question to animals!

[Caillouuu]

You're right, I shouldn't have emphasized being human to someone who asks questions by dividing people into white and black.

[Asker]

please keep your stupid replies away from my question which is based on natural reality

[Caillouuu]

Meanwhile, humans are classified as animals in biology class.

[Asker]

due 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!

[Caillouuu]

According to science, yes, you are an animal too

[Dargil]

On Morgan Freeman's advice, my race is "Human".

[Asker]

this is very ideological

[Dargil]

If we want to stop talking about race, STOP TALKING ABOUT RACE.

[Asker]

not talking about something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. If people collectively have different appearances, there should be a term for it

[Dargil]

No, it does not, but there is no logical reason to stir the pot, is there?

[Asker]

are not you a humanist who loves diversity? İf so, I do not understand why do you deny the concept of race?

[Dargil]

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.

[arizonasunshine]

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.

[midnightmoon05]

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.

[onedarkcloud]

I call myself a HIENZ! A little bit of everything, nothing dominant, my ancestors were whore masters

[Dargil]

Geez Karen. Can you be more moronic of you try? Probably not.

[onedarkcloud]

LMFAO The only possible one would be you!

[dustybiker2]

I'm British. So I am transparent.

[Iron_Man]

White boy

[Asker]

not Caucasian 🙂

[Iron_Man]

I just say white

[exitseven]

I am white.

[TallAnon]

Caucasianwhite-skinned; of European origin

[midnightmoon05]

Human race.

[Meatballs]

White

[Meatballs]

Aka porch honkey

[Meatballs]

A Italian porch honkey that lives in NYC suburbs

[Anonymous]

I’m just white and native that’s it

[BarryLiverstone]

Human

[beefcakebradybatson]

HUMAN !!!

[arizonasunshine]

White