How do you define "white"?

[MerakSahibi]

Only people of Germanic European descent

Only Europeans

Caucasoid people (including Persians, Jews, Armenians, Georgians, most Turks, and most Arabs)

[Lliam]

I think a lot people would say people of Germanic descent are the quintessence of "white", based on appearance. That would mean northwestern Europeans who are descended from Germanic tribes.

The majority of people define "whites" as Europeans, descendants of Indo-Europeans who began expanding into Europe and western Asia about 6000 years ago.

But I'll go with that third option. It includes anyone who isn't sub-Saharan African, indigenous Australian or American, Pacific islander, or has central or south-east Asian features.

Persians and many west Asians certainly have "white" features. And people from the Levant have south-European features.

In actuality, distinctions between people around the world based on race or phenotype are absurd. Nobody is white, black, red or yellow. There are very brown white people and there are very light skinned Africans. Plus, cross breeding has been going on for centuries.

We should stop stereotyping each other based on the antiquated notion of race.

[capriVib]

To me, white generally refers to people from Europe, America, or Russia, but there's no clear-cut definition. It's not exactly a scientific category either.


What I find strange is that there are light-skinned people in the Middle East who aren't considered white, while darker-skinned people from countries like Italy or Spain are. It doesn't seem like a concept with clear boundaries, it feels like something people redefine however they want.

[JennaWillow]

It's because of the silly American tendency to boil it down to skin color, when really its a grouping of similar ethnicities regardless of their individual range of hues

[KostasKouvalis]

If it has fair skin and its eyes aren't slanted, it's White

Syrian

Punjabi

Tunisian

Mexican

Afghan

[JennaWillow]

Only European (Romance, Celtic, Germanic, Uralic, Slavic, and Hellenic)

I'd personally group the Middle East / North Africa together under another race, maybe called something like 'Occidental', comprising of Semites, Iranics, Turks and Berber

[MerakSahibi]

Uralic peoples sometimes carry as much as 20–30% East Eurasian ancestry.

Also, the Irish were, rather oddly, once not considered white in the US and were looked down upon

[JennaWillow]

It's more North Asian/Siberian for Uralics, more in common with northern Turks or Mongols than Chinese or Japanese, and that's only really true for the furthest East groups in Russia on the very borders of Europe - for Finns, Estonians or Hungarians it's only a very small part, the Saami slightly more so but even still

The US racial breakdown rules throughout history are so messy and convoluted lol, I don't pay it much mind

[BomberTwister-Man]

Romani people AKA gypsies are immigrants from India.

[JennaWillow]

@BomberTwister-Man I'm aware, by Romance I meant the Latin derived peoples/languages (Italians, Spaniards, etc)

Kinda confusing how the Romani have such a similar name, especially compounded with how Romania has one of the highest populations of them which adds a third level of confusion 😩

[Pretendingtobesweet]

Europeans who have pale skin blue eyes blond hair brown to black sometimes. I can tell their eyes have shadow even though Elon musk don’t have. Some white look like Asian. But they have long leg long arms. I can tell their bone structure squares upper body.

[Iron_Man]

Very good description

[BomberTwister-Man]

So if a white person has brown eyes, they are not white?

[Pretendingtobesweet]

@BomberTwister-Man yeah brown eyes too but not black eyes I think.

[BomberTwister-Man]

Well I have dark brown eyes and black hair. There is no such thing as black eyes. So that means that I'm not white?

[OneViewpoint]

Honestly, I never think about it. Not my top priority in life. Not my 753rd priority. For me national origin or "race" is more like "Oh wow, cool. I'm Scottish / German." And I move on to whatever else there is to talk about. My biggest concern is if you're celebrating Cinco De Mayo, Italian Festivals, or your African heritage, invite me to the party.

[AviatorTom]

I don't. We humans are all shades of color, from pink to olive to tan to brown to black. The only true white person is an albino, and that's only 1 in every 9000 people.

[RavVid]

In terms of skin color I'd say milk white to olive skin. Lighter than brown. Not that it matters much. Conforming to western culture is the critical aspect.

[exitseven]

It is like this

Its not rye bread

[Alexandrubaschet08]

Who voted the germanic one is a nazy.
Who voted "only Europeans" is a racist.
Who voted caucasoid is real intelinget and thous are special people, because they are rare.

[Abbycado]

Why are you constantly on about skin color? Are you racist? Smh.

[Agape93]

He's a turk, hon. Of course he's racist.

[kembguy]

@Agape93 lmao racist statement

[Agape93]

Turkish isn't a race you fucking idiot.

[kembguy]

@Agape93 it's a ethnicity, and when doing assumptions about them it's also called racism you cunt

[Agape93]

No, turkish is a nationality. Turks cover a wide range of races and ethnicities. So no, nice try. That's like saying German is an ethnicity, or French, or American.

[kembguy]

@Agape93 they are ethnicities you dumb cunt do you clearly know nothing of what you talking about

[Agape93]

I just fucking said they're different ethnicities in turkey. For fucks sake, read.

[kembguy]

@Agape93 you are referencing TURKS as a ethnicity, you can't even remember what you wrote? Lmao

[Agape93]

Turks reference people from turkey. Turk is a nationality, encompassing multiple ethnicities and races. Are you too fucking stupid to understand this basic concept?

[kembguy]

@Agape93 75% of people in turkey are ethnic turks

[Agape93]

Turks isn't an ethnicity. It's a nationality. I won't keep explaining this to someone incapable of basic comprehension skills.

[MerakSahibi]

@Agape93 Wow, you seem to know us better than we know ourselves...

"Turk" can refer both to a civic identity and to an ethnic identity. In fact, this is a topic that is frequently debated in Turkey today. Honestly, if even the definition of who is considered a Turk is still debated in Turkey, I don't think it's something that can be stated so definitively.

Until around the 13th century, the terms Turk and Turkmen were generally used to describe steppe-origin, semi-nomadic warrior peoples. Later, as the Turks expanded into Europe, many Western sources began referring not only to the Muslim populations of the Balkans but, from what I've read in some English sources, even to Muslim peoples of the Caucasus as "Turks." That was, of course, a Western perspective. They often used "Turk" as a political or imperial label. For example, Maronite Catholic Arabs who emigrated from Lebanon to Latin America in the 1820s were also commonly referred to as "Turks" because they carried Ottoman passports.

At the same time, there is also a Turkish-speaking population with a fairly well-defined cultural identity. As the other person mentioned, they probably make up around 75% of Turkey's population. Many Kurds, however, do not accept "Turk" as a civic identity. When asked where they're from, some will say "Kurdistan" despite holding a Turkish passport, which I find ironic

[kembguy]

@MerakSahibi she is retarded

[AMS700CX4u2]

No one is white except for Albino. All whites are some some level of pink tan.

[BomberTwister-Man]

Only people with Germanic European descent? Are you okay? You might need to visit a psychologist or need to educate yourself a little bit, cause you sound like the definition of an ignorant moron.

[MerakSahibi]

You should read history, moron

[capriVib]

Haha, white and his mind to Hitler's so called Aryan master race. 🤣

By the way, why did you create a separate account just to leave this comment? You could've just used your main account.

[BomberTwister-Man]

In what history were only Germans considered white? Clown.

[BomberTwister-Man]

@capriVib Not sure what you are mumbling about. I literally exposed the OP's stupidity. Did you forgot to take your meds?

[capriVib]

Why did you create an alt account just to leave this comment instead of using your main one?

[BomberTwister-Man]

@capriVib Dude I have no fucking clue what you are talking about. Do you think I'm OP? Or who do you think I am? I don't have another account. Why would I be him if I roasted him. You make zero sense. Are you okay buddy?

[Dargil]

Can we stop talking about race? But culture is important.

[CyberGhost615]

the color white is defined as the absence of color.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Anyone that looks like the picture you posted is considered caucasian to me.

White people aren't even white but a light beige color.

[AgentG111]

The complete and total absence of any color.

[Anonymous]

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/oS_jNsMKXaQ

[NathanDavis]

I don't... doesn't matter to me

[canamlusciouslad73]

Basically all non-blacks.

[abc3643]

R 255, G 255, B 255

#FFFFFF

[Tamera952]

Oh boyyyyy, here we go.

[TonyMetal___1986]

People who have a white skin

[MrShaun]

Without pigment.

[RareBreedOfMan]

Only Europeans