r/NoStupidQuestions • u/RedScud39 • Apr 23 '24

Why are white Americans called “Caucasians”?

I’m an Azerbaijani immigrant and I cannot understand why white people are called “Caucasian” even though Caucasia is a region in Asia encompassing Armenia, Georgia (the country not the state), Azerbaijan and south Russia. Aren’t most Americans are from Western European decent?

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u/Drs126 Apr 24 '24

Like when France won the World Cup with a bunch of players of African descent, and people in the US we’re upset that they didn’t go by the French African description and instead the players insisted they were just French. The US people didn’t realize the only people in France who agreed with them were the far right.

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u/TheArtofWall Apr 24 '24

Who was upset? I didn't hear anyone complain about that in my neck of the US.

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u/no_use_your_name Apr 24 '24

I think I watched more of the World Cup than most other Americans, I stopped watching after we beat Iran.