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sc94597 on 02 November 2009
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@scruffybunny The author obviously isn't very educated. Spaniards ARE White.

Is it so bad to not be considered white?

Of course not, but racially the Spanish are similar to other European nations. Defining otherwise, makes very little sense.

So all of Europe is white now?

Until the last 500  years or so, it predominately was.  Either way, until recently Western Europe has been predominately European/Caucasian whatever you prefer to call them, it doesn't matter if their skin was white or not, they share a similar genetic and phetoype, which denotes the definition of race doesn't it.

I am not really that interested if you think Spaniards are considered white, or if you think they *deserve* to be called white, you implied that  Spaniards deserved to be called white didn't you? Call that what you will. You are certainly back tracking now, using the politically correct term, caucasian, and going back 500 years, what year do you live in, what is the context?

And for what its worth, I was refering to skin color. To me "white" is not a ******* status symbol.

Caucasian is far from a politically correct word. In reality it refers to the people of the Caucus. Western Europe isn't the causcus.  Spaniards have the same genetic lineages as the rest of Western Europe. Their predominant YDNA is R1B, for example. There is also high amounts of J1(from the Romans), and other smaller groups. If white referred to skin color alone then Albino Africans would be White, most North Asians would be White, and many other groups. Race isn't just color. If it were, then Australoids(Australiand Aboriginals is an example of these) would be the same race as Africans, yet they are the farthest apart when looked at on a genetic scale. Also it isn't an opinion Spaniards are "white" it is a fact. They are of the same race as the French, Germans, English, and most of the rest of Europe. As for me backtracking 500yrs, it is a matter of context. The original Spaniards, those who formed the country of Spain, the ones depicted in RE4, are "White" Europeans. To argue that a White American shooting White Spaniards is racist is an example of being uneducated.