Edit: Meme has been slightly altered to be more accurate. Credit to @ininewcrow for the updated and better image.

  • Cosmicomical@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When did caucasian become synonym of white? The caucasus is a small area between russia and the middle east, I’m not caucasian

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      1 year ago

      Because the vast swathe of Indo-Europeans seem to have all originated from somewhere in this region … If you’re white, then a good chunk of your ancestors had something to do with the culture that expanded our of that region in the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age. Do you prefer the term Indo-European?

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        1 year ago

        Ok I think this falls in the “technically correct” basket, even though if you have to go so far back in time to find a common ancestor that the category ends up including two whole continents, i’m wondering what’s the actual value of that information.