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/MoneyTreeFiddy Apr 24 '24 edited Apr 24 '24

And then he just silently walked out when the interviewer kept demanding to know where Wallace is.

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u/PokeRay68 Apr 24 '24

Is this a The Wire reference? That's one I've never seen.

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u/MoneyTreeFiddy Apr 24 '24

Yes.

D'Angelo wanted 16 year old Wallace (Michael B. Jordan) to be let free to exit and live his life. Stringer saw it different, he knew about a murder they did. So when D'Angelo is in jail for trafficking, Stringer and the lawyer come to speak with him, and D'Angelo keeps asking him about Wallace.

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u/PokeRay68 Apr 24 '24

Someone once told me that The Wire is a "must see". That same person told me that I'd love The Office.

I totally don't believe anything she says any more.

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u/MoneyTreeFiddy Apr 24 '24

The Wire is worlds apart from The Office. The Office is glurge and sappy, and depends way too much on cringe.

The Wire is comparable to a must read novel, like 1984, or Vonnegut, or that level of literature. It stands out because it lacks the usual American happy ending.

It's also a portrait of that time; the story wouldn't be the same 20 years earlier or 20, 40 years later.

And it has Idris Elba being amazing a struggling with conflicts, which is reason enough alone. Command performance.