What is white?I have talk to be people of French , Russian, Italian , German race .?

Question

When a topic or some type of subject of race come up ; they would get offended if you call them white. So what is white I am confused ? Many of converstations where with associates of mine.

Answer 1

That's probably due to the fact that they have stronger cultural identities than most European-Americans do. Unlike many Americans, they realize that "white" and "black" are colors, rather than cultures. Making skin color and ethnicity out to be the same thing is just so sad and so wrong! They might prefer being called Europeans, or more specifically, French, Russian, Italian, German, etc... You might wanna ask them what they would like themselves to be called.

Answer 2

Maybe you said that they were all white, and people of different colors disliked it? I don't know it's strange, because unless what some people said, we never talk about caucasian in France (I'm French). We say white. The first time I heard this word was in the United States, and it was also the first time I was asked to tell my skin color on forms. I've never seen any French people being offended when called white (or black). We are way less politically correct about that, so I don't understand.

Answer 3

while you're already examining Spanish, then i could propose French and Portuguese. understanding Spanish definetely helps studying French and Portuguese. that is by way of fact A)you will see some comparable Spanish words in French, and B) Portuguese sounds merely approximately the comparable as Spanish. i could bypass with German too. German has alot of similarities with English. It makes it greater convenient.

Answer 4

I think that, if one had to designate exactly what "white" is, it would be Americans of European descent. The main reason I would think this is that many people of European ancestry in the States are a mix. I have one friend who's German, Swedish and English. She's no one nationality and it can be difficult and time consuming to have to describe someone's background by every nation their ancestors have come from. For many people, you'll almost literally be naming every European country.



People in Europe tend, at least in my experience, to describe themselves as the country they were either born in or spent the majority of their childhood in, not by their race. Some even find the word "race" to be offensive. Many people born, for example, in France, regardless of their ancestors' nationalities, will generally refer to themselves as French.



It's just a personal opinion/conjecture.

Answer 5

There are truly only 3 races. Caucasian, Mongoloid, and *******. Sorry yahoo always blocks n*e*g*r*o*i*d.



All peoples originate in Africa if you go back far enough. There are also blacks from Australia.



Native Americans, Asians, and Pacific islanders are Mongoloid



Europeans are mostly Caucasian.



To whoever gave the thumbs down... Truth is hard to find when the educational system and left wing media refuse to report it. Nationality is confused with race all too often anymore.

Answer 6

a race, Caucasian. german french, russian, just simply states where the person is from. I guess they get angry because they feel like you are comparing them to white Americans. There could be a french black person, or a white french person

Answer 7

White are people who have white skin and Caucasian facial features. Their culture comes from Europe and South West Asia.

Answer 8

Only in America do we describe a race of people by a color. So, other nationalities may want to be described as their actual nationality. Instead of White, they want to be called German, French, etc. That's what they actually are, so it makes sense.

Answer 9

because not all french,russian,italian,german people are white thats why they get offended. i really dont know either lol i guess cause im not white

Answer 10

I don't get offended when someone calls me white. It is caucasian. I don't think that most people do. It is just like calling an african american black.

Answer 11

I'm white in skin color so I'm white. I'm American. If you ask me my ancestry I have a bunch of different things so it's easier just to say white or caucasian.

Answer 12

White, or Caucasian, means being of european descent.

Answer 13

Caucasion is the proper name but it's like calling someone brown but they could be hispanic or south asian

Answer 14

i dont see why they get mad, if the color of the skin is white then there white

Answer 15

only sensetive bit*hes that get offended by words

Answer 16

white is like calling a black person a niger but not as offensive

like iam russian but when people call me white i dnt get too offended i just say nope iam russian! lol

Answer 17

Caucasian, pretty simple.

Answer 18

3rd generation or greater people with light skin.

Answer 19

Yiliyah??? huh? You're a dumbass racist SOB and I do mean SOB. I would elaborate but your obviously ignorant oh well.

Answer 20

They are just Embarrassed to be associated with the U.S.!

Answer 21

white people are people who originated from europe which are pilgrims???

Answer 22

just call them causion its tenically term.





ps i cant spell.

Answer 23

call them caucasion

Answer 24

The right skin color

Answer 25

they. are. white.