Indians (people from India) are actually Caucasian.Then why do people think of us as a different race?

Answer 1

Caucasian is another way of saying someone is white. If you're Indian (from India), you're not white - you're Indian. Even if you were born here you wouldn't be Caucasian. You can't change your skin color (unless you're Michael Jackson)...

Answer 2

Aryan Tribes from Europe and Central Asia invaded the Indian Sub-continent around 3000 years ago. The magnificent civilization by the Dravdians(generally Dark Skinned) was destroyed by the caucasian Nordic and Central Asiatic Aryan tribes. But as climate began to change and the light skin of the Aryans became light brown. Today the billion people of India are divided into three main races Indo-Aryan = 72%, Dravidian = 25% and Mongoloid = 3 %.

But there almost 30 million people who look exactly as any european. Blond and blue Indians

Answer 3

there are several types of Indians. for example people in south India belong to Dravidian race north east Mongoloid race and north Indians Aryans

Answer 4

Again it is a label. Most people do know it was the UN that came up the system of labeling people as far as where they were born. The label caucasian also encompuses people born in N. Africia.

go check this out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race

Answer 5

Because we're usually much darker than any white person is, and we actually are a different race... with that logic, to American Indians count as Caucasian as well?

Answer 6

In america its becuese if you are not from here then your not Caucasian...Dont make sanse to me either but that is the way it is around here!

Answer 7

because the color of your skin is usually much darker then what people tend to think as caucasian.

Answer 8

because we are a different race.