Aren't whites composed of more than just whatever is considered white/caucasian? I know I have german, polish which would generate white skin but I also have some native american and lebanese heritage which is darker skin. I get so mad when the only options I have to check applications is: White/Caucasian, Hispanic, Non Hispanic Origin, Asian, African American (something along those lines). I am polyethnic; I am more than just white. What do you think?
2007-01-20 13:57:04 · 17 answers · asked by dgclip1981 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
That'd be a non-black non-Mongoloid, non-*******!?!?
2007-01-20 13:59:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Here in Saipan, this brings up an interesting dilemma. I know a guy who is half German, a quarter French and a quarter English who is married to a Japanese. Their first son is going to junior high school.
The parents had to answer on a form what their ethnic background is, and the father didn't want to write caucasian or white since those are not ethnic backgrounds. He wrote down German, French, English. The mother, of course, wrote Japanese.
The school keeps a record of the ethnic backgrounds of the students, and the ethnic background here follows the father, not the mother. So the boy is listed as German. It doesn't matter that he is half Japanese and only a quarter German descent, he is German.
What should white people write for ethnic background? A long list of where there ancestors are from. Whether you want to cut "American" from the end is up to you.
2007-01-20 14:06:04 · answer #2 · answered by homo erectus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you have some heritage from the native Americans then you have an Asian heritage, the Yellow race, with the Lebanese then you also have the Caucasian race in you. Lebanese, Turkish, Arabs they are Caucasians. We Asians are either the Yellow or Brown. Good thing for you, you are multi-color just like the rainbow, Good Luck for your color searching. To make it easier for you just check American coz you are an American citizen. Don't worry too much about that, just be happy.
2007-01-20 14:19:49 · answer #3 · answered by Happyman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White/Caucasian refers to the light pale skin color most often associated with the descendants of Noah's son Japeth.
Japeth's descendants generally moved northward from the landing site of the Ark and settled in the Caucasus Mountains in Asia. (Hence, "Caucasian")
Consistent exposure to the sun can effect the production of melanin in the skin, making it darker as a protection against the harmful effects of the sun.
So, essentially, you are still just "white."
Race is not the same as nationality.
2007-01-20 14:05:22 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some standardized tests that elementary schools, highscools, and colleges use have now put in a different system where you get the option of "other". If you want to, you can always just darken in whatever you are and make the race box invalid - damn the man, save the empire.
2007-01-20 14:01:44 · answer #5 · answered by aSchway 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Woman
2016-05-24 02:55:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there should be more choices or else none. they do not need to know what your ethnicity is.
The whites are somehow associated with their origins being in the causasus mountain regions of northeastern europe, or southwestern Asia, whichever is your point of reference. They spread out into india and other more western places gradually. They were the Aryan race of militaristic paternalistic nomads. they merges with the darker races they encountered along the way.
2007-01-20 14:02:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Like Heinz 57, or Mutt.
You usually go, Mother-Father, Grandparents. Going back
further thins the racial linkage. So you have more white in
your bloodline, and in you it shows.
2007-01-20 15:41:23 · answer #8 · answered by elliebear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know what, why does all that stuff matter? I'd just say I was human LoL. Some ppl are so mixed up there isnt really a way to describe their nationality =P For me, I'm black and Native (blackfoot tribe).
2007-01-20 14:02:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
caucasian is characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to tightly curled hair, and light to very dark eyes, and originally inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, western Asia, and India.
2007-01-20 14:06:37 · answer #10 · answered by raspmenu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH, just get over yourself!!
there is not room on apps to put every damn race out there.
Pick the one you are the MOST of and choose it. And if it bothers you that much, choose other.
2007-01-20 14:00:32 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋