Shooting Spree at Munich Mall: 10 Dead, Shooter German-Iranian

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barneystinson69 said:

COKTOE said:

That's legitimately interesting, and I tip my hat to your knowledge, however, in North America, Caucasian means white, does it not? Ask almost anybody you know, or don't know what it means to them. Any poll asking people to verbally describe Caucasian, or say pick a Caucasian from a group of photographs would produce results that would verify this claim. It's meaning has been clearly redefined on this continent. Still ,I again have to compliment, and thank you for teaching on teaching me something new.

Well according to the US census, all Middle easterns are considered white legally. Whether or not they're socially considered white, well that's a different story. Me being 1/2 persian, most people do consider me white. Maybe because I'm 1/2 European as well, I don't know. But anyway the legal definition for a White person in America is a person of "European, Middle eastern, or North African descent": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Americans

Socially certainly covers a broad, broad spectrum of society. I have never, and say this with all due respect, heard anybody of Middle Eastern descent desribed as white in my entire life, and really, I think that the social aspect is massive. It's instant perception. It certainly spills over into professional areas like, say, oh, I don't know....law enforcment? The body of evidence to suport my view is easily, even with a cursory glace, HUGE in pop culture. At any rate, I can't say you're wrong, but in a heretofore unseen, or at least ultra rare occurance, I feel der....idunnknow....kinda right too. But again, I thank you sir. I must shower now, for I am lousy with sweat and odor.