Anonymous wrote:So incorrect use of Arab is ok and widely utilized but Persian can't be used? This whole discussion is ridiculous

Not if you are Saudi...

Indigenous? Really? To Americas? Do you know what indigenous means? To originate from the land. I did not originate from here, and this would be an insult to real indigenous population of United States, now called Native Americans, but known by their own indigenous names for thousands of years. Do people just sit around thinking of nonsense? Look up the definition of a word before you make a statement. 400 years does not an indigenous make! For that matter I don't see any reason to have any classification at all, and I dislike it that at Dr. office they ask about it and at all other places as mandated by government, I think? How racist can this country get? I've lived in 8 countries and apart form US no "form" has ever asked me what was the color of my skin, or my ethnicity, never, ever!

So incorrect use of Arab is ok and widely utilized but Persian can't be used? This whole discussion is ridiculous

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if you're Persian, for instance?

Persia does not exist. How can you be Persian?

It did exist and carries enough historic importance that it is still used today as a descriptor

Prussia existed, too, but people don't say they are Prussian. Or Ottoman. Or Soviet. Cmon. Say Iranian. Persian is not a place any longer.
How long ago did it exist? Seriously.

Wut?
Is this a troll post?
Plz say yes.

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Anonymous wrote:What if you're Persian, for instance?

Persia does not exist. How can you be Persian?

It did exist and carries enough historic importance that it is still used today as a descriptor

Anonymous wrote:What if you're Persian, for instance?

Persia does not exist. How can you be Persian?

What if you're Persian, for instance?

And another point - ancestry and culture can sometimes compete against each other in sense that people choose how to identify based on preference. A white skinned American whose family is from Argentina likely has German ancestry but may prefer to identify as Hispanic, Latino/a, or simply of Argentine or South American heritage.

This is so ridiculous

I don't refer to myself as white when asked about my background. White is pretty obvious for face to face, so I say my family came from England a few generations back.

On questionnaires I check 'white' because everyone's cultures are getting lumped into racial categories.

Anonymous wrote:I dislike the term "white" as it is not very descriptive. White people have Euro ancestry. Do you like the term "white" or would you prefer another term to refer to your skin color or ancestral background?

White Americans who live here now lived in Europe for thousands of years, and are thus indigenous to that continent. What would be a better term for them?

Why the need for it in first place? Why can't we move past labeling and categorizing each other. Call yourself whatever you want but the world is becoming much more blended and white black etc aren't going to cut it for much longer

Anonymous wrote:We're not indigenous to here though. European American is fine with me. In another thread, pink skinned people are associated with being inbred, so I no longer like being described as white or pink as a skin color. You might need Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern European American classifications, or multiracial European American.

Pink skin is considered inbred?

We're not indigenous to here though. European American is fine with me. In another thread, pink skinned people are associated with being inbred, so I no longer like being described as white or pink as a skin color. You might need Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern European American classifications, or multiracial European American.

Didn't we ALL come from Mesopotamia?

I dislike the term "white" as it is not very descriptive. White people have Euro ancestry. Do you like the term "white" or would you prefer another term to refer to your skin color or ancestral background?

White Americans who live here now lived in Europe for thousands of years, and are thus indigenous to that continent. What would be a better term for them?