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White is a racial classification of people generally used for those of predominantly European ancestry.It is also a skin color specifier, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, ethnicity and point of view.
The Caucasian race (also Caucasoid, [a] Europid, or Europoid) [2] is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race. [3] [4] [5] The Caucasian race was historically regarded as a biological taxon which, depending on which of the historical race classifications was being used, usually included ancient and modern populations from all or parts of ...
It has been postulated that white women may develop wrinkles faster than black women after menopause because white women are more susceptible to sun damage throughout life. Dr. Hugh S. Taylor, of Yale School of Medicine, concluded that the study could not prove the findings but they suspect the underlying cause. Light-coloured skin has been ...
The sociologists Philip Q. Yang and Kavitha Koshy have also questioned what they call the "becoming white thesis", noting that most European Jews have been legally classified as white since the first US census in 1790, were legally white for the purposes of the Naturalization Act of 1790 that limited citizenship to "free White person(s)", and ...
133 million European-diaspora Americans 41% of total US population (2017) [1] [a] (as opposed to 235.4 million Americans identifying as White in combination with other races and 204.3 million self-identifying as white) [2] 61.6% of the total US population (2020) Regions with significant populations; Contiguous United States and Alaska
The History of White People is a 2010 book by Nell Irvin Painter, in which the author explores the idea of whiteness throughout history, beginning with ancient Greece and continuing through the beginning of scientific racism in early modern Europe to 19th- through 21st-century America.
The White non-Hispanic population remained the largest racial or ethnic group in the United States according to the 2020 census data, accounting for 57.8% of the population, a decline from 63.7% in the 2010 census. The United States Census Bureau defines white to include European Americans, Middle Eastern Americans, and North African Americans. [6]
The Europeans were considered the descendants of Japheth from early times, corresponding to the division of the known world into three continents, the descendants of Shem peopling Asia and those of Ham peopling Africa. Identification of Europeans as "Japhetites" is also reflected in early suggestions for terming the Indo-European languages ...