Re: Armenians are Europeans ( and white ) !
Yes you are right, East Indians, Arabs, iranians etc, are all caucasian too. However, there are are two versions of race, scientific and social. From a scientific sense caucasians are grouped together, by skull, and skeletal structrue. However, society, whether we like it or not, judges people from outwards appearance. Since white is not a proper scientific definition of race, but rather a social definition, then you do have to care what americans and russians think of us. If you dont believe me, just look at all these people on this forum, that label middle eastern, or "brown" as a race, when there is no brown race even. They are using social terms, just like americans, and russians use. In other words, most people judge race, from an outward rather then inward appearance.
It is also a misnomer to call caucasians "white", since many are not white in appearance. It goes back to my point, that white is not neccassarily the same as caucasian.
Caucasian is a scientific defintion of race, while white is a social defintion. Therfore, if "white" is a social term created by Germans, Americans, Russians etc, and the typical European, doesn't accept, the typical Armenian as white, then yes it matters what they think. Scientifically is when it doesnt matter what they think.
Originally posted by jgk3
Yes you are right, East Indians, Arabs, iranians etc, are all caucasian too. However, there are are two versions of race, scientific and social. From a scientific sense caucasians are grouped together, by skull, and skeletal structrue. However, society, whether we like it or not, judges people from outwards appearance. Since white is not a proper scientific definition of race, but rather a social definition, then you do have to care what americans and russians think of us. If you dont believe me, just look at all these people on this forum, that label middle eastern, or "brown" as a race, when there is no brown race even. They are using social terms, just like americans, and russians use. In other words, most people judge race, from an outward rather then inward appearance.
It is also a misnomer to call caucasians "white", since many are not white in appearance. It goes back to my point, that white is not neccassarily the same as caucasian.
Caucasian is a scientific defintion of race, while white is a social defintion. Therfore, if "white" is a social term created by Germans, Americans, Russians etc, and the typical European, doesn't accept, the typical Armenian as white, then yes it matters what they think. Scientifically is when it doesnt matter what they think.
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