How “caucasian” became a synonym for white when it’s not?
(For those unaware, it’s common, at least in the US, to use “caucasian” to refer to white people. So common i’ve even seen it on legal forms and documents.)
Despite the word “Caucasian” being so popular, it’s completely incorrect? “Caucasian” refers to people from the mountains of the Caucasus, which are pictured above.
I even saw a greek/italian woman insist that this was where she’s from, despite these mountains being in neither greece nor italy. I know race is basically a social construct and the definition of who is what race changes over time, but this has never made sense to me becuase it’s straight up wrong.
Also, out of curiosity, people who are actually from this part of the world, do you even consider yourselves white? I’ve met turkish and armenian people who are nowhere near “white”, so i’m just curious.