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White is a racial classification of people generally used for those of mostly European ancestry. It is also a skin color specifier, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, ethnicity and point of view.
White ethnic is a term used to refer to white Americans who are not Old Stock or White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. [1] They consist of a number of distinct groups and make up approximately 69.4% of the white population in the United States. [ 2 ]
However, many of the ethnic groups classified as white by the US census, such as Arab Americans, Berber Americans, Jewish Americans of European or MENA descent, and Hispanics and Latinos of European or MENA descent may not always identify as, and may not always be perceived to be, white.
1 sty 2017 · Most scholarship on white ethnicity focuses on people’s ties to national origins, examining how whites incorporate Irish, Italian and similar backgrounds into current social identities and political outlooks.
12 wrz 2016 · In 1751, Benjamin Franklin classified the world’s population by color: there were black, tawny, swarthy, and white complexioned peoples on the globe. Some will be surprised to discover that Franklin listed the French, Germans, Russians, and Swedes among the swarthy.
5 dni temu · The resulting race/ethnicity comparison groups are: "Black, non-Hispanic", "white, non-Hispanic", "American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic", "Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic" and "Hispanic".
The English alone population was the largest detailed White group nationally, in 35 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The German alone population was the largest in 10 states, the Italian alone population in four, and the Irish alone population only in Massachusetts.
