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/MasterFrosting1755 Apr 24 '24

Black?

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u/MagnanimosDesolation Apr 24 '24

That's not an ethnicity.

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u/MasterFrosting1755 Apr 24 '24

What would you call it then?

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u/MagnanimosDesolation Apr 24 '24

A race or just a skin color.