An ethnic group or ethnicity is a population of human beings whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry.[1] Ethnicity is also defined from the recognition by others as a distinct group[2] and by common cultural, linguistic, religious, behavioural or biological traits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_group
This definition qualifies white people also as an Ethnic group! Why are only non-white people considered ethnic? Is it to create a difference that white people are "normal" and others are somewhat abnormal or "ethnic"?
2007-11-08 06:33:15 · 11 answers · asked by Jairam 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why do non whites actually have the audacity to call themselves 'people'. The Scripture calls them 'beasts of the field" or "mamzers", "nothus", "abominations", and etc.
2007-11-08 06:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm white and I don't. But I often find it hard to choose the correct word to use especially when I don't know how a particular person identifies themselves. I don't find the phrase non-white particularly nice, as is also seems to suggests that 'white is right' and all else is not, or is this the accepted phrase these days? I don't like to insult people by guessing their ethnicity.
Many white people in my area rarely meet 'non-white' people! My grandad still refers to black people as 'darkies' but with absoloutly no disrespect intended. A step up from this is to say ethnic to attempt to not offend, but i think it mostly comes from just not mixing with other cultures.
2007-11-08 06:51:55 · answer #2 · answered by Hugs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought that being Caucasian was being part of an ethnic group.
2007-11-08 06:37:17 · answer #3 · answered by discombobulated 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's a broad generalization....there's plenty of whites that are ethnic.....German, Italian, Spanish, Scottish, etc, etc.....not all white people refer to others as ethnic, those that do are making a general stereotype out of the term...
2007-11-08 06:41:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I told white people to call "Other" people ethnic
2007-11-08 06:36:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It can certainly be used like that and if so, it is racist. But not all of us use the word only to refer to non-white people.
2007-11-08 06:37:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've called food ethnic, but not people.
Try generalizing less.
2007-11-08 06:36:53 · answer #7 · answered by MR TT, VT enthusiast 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well "ethnic" people call themselves "ethnic" its also the legal
term used by our gov't today...
2007-11-08 06:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They like to label people! so does the whole world.
God loves you....God bless
2007-11-08 06:42:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep its racist, and comes from our world dominating ancestors.
2007-11-08 06:37:26 · answer #10 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋