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Nor white
Oh that’s so not true. Vast majority of Arabs, especially in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and that region in general identify themselves as Caucasians/white
They can classify themselves whatever they want but trump people certainly won’t
You clearly haven’t met many Mesopotamians or Persians.
I absolutely have. You missed the point
Anyone who's been to the region can attest to this. While I was in iraq and kuwait most people I saw would be considered "white". The only exceptions are people who work outside under the sun because tans exist.
Here is a picture of Shayma Qasim an iraqi beauty queen. I'm dutch/irish/italian and I'm darker than her and considered white.
C'mon back in the day even the Irish weren't considered white and they are some of the palest mf around.
Evidence #35910 in the case of race is a social construct.
I'm afraid it's the same evidence over and over. Not sure what, but we have to be doing something wrong.
Back in college I had a few Iraqi, Syrian classmates (great fellows by the way). They used to always identify as Caucasian race every time the question would arise
I mean, it's literally in the name. The Caucasus region is in the general vicinity of a lot of predominantly Muslim-Arab countries (in modern times, of course). One could argue that they have more claim to call themselves Caucasian than most white Americans do because it's really doubtful that the majority of the white-skinned people in America who do identify as Caucasian actually bothered to trace their family origins all the way back to the Eastern Europe/West Asia region.
I 100% thought Caucasian was just a fancy/politically correct word for "White" when I was growing up until someone educated me more on it.
You open for feedback / alternative viewpoint on one particular part of your comment?
Just a friendly internet stranger helping others reduce micro-aggressions in their everyday language.
Edit: what's with the down votes..I'm literally asking for consent to give feedback on something in the post instead of just jumping to the worst possible interpretation / most uncharitable way of reading what someone says.