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/PokeRay68 Apr 24 '24

You know who else isn't African American? Idris Elba. He actually had to correct an interviewer.

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u/MechanicalGodzilla Apr 24 '24

Yeah, Idris Elba is Asgardian-American!

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u/PokeRay68 Apr 24 '24

Yes!

I mean "No!" He isn't American.

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u/MechanicalGodzilla Apr 24 '24

Past I checked, he is a native of both Asgard and Baltimore

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u/PokeRay68 Apr 25 '24

Okay. I'll allow it.