“Once again, Caucasian does not mean white, and using it to mean white is actually racist. There are real Caucasian people who live in the Caucasus region, and they are not white.”

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Learn stuff!

• Difference Between White and Caucasian
• Stop using the word “Caucasian” to mean white
• White American
• Caucasian race
• “Why White People Are Called ‘Caucasian,’” (pdf)
• Caucasian is a Dirty Word.
• Who is “White”?

“Where, for example, did the term Caucasian come from? Although many take it to be 'real' and don't think about its racist connotations, the term has racist origins. It was developed in the late eighteenth century by a German anthropologist, Johann Blumenbach. He developed a racial classification scheme that put people from the Russian Caucasus at the top of the racial hierarchy because he thought that Caucasians were the most beautiful and sophisticated people; darker people were put on the bottom of the list: Asians, Africans, Polynesians, and Native Americans (Hannaford 1996). It is amazing when you think about it that this term remains with us, with few questioning its racist origin and connotations.”