-- Posted by GoloSLB at 2:34 am on Jan. 2, 2009 what is the difference exactly between "white" and "caucasian?" I'm sick of people telling me that I'm caucasian but not white...what the hell does that even mean? -- Posted by Samsung Digitalcam at 2:34 am on Jan. 2, 2009 They are the same thing..... -- Posted by MystiqueBeauty16 at 2:34 am on Jan. 2, 2009 There is no difference. -- Posted by Charolastra at 2:34 am on Jan. 2, 2009 ...there's a difference? -- Posted by Sanctum at 2:35 am on Jan. 2, 2009 u are an uhoh oreo. white on the outside, black on in the inside -- Posted by Soccerchik107 at 2:35 am on Jan. 2, 2009 They're the same thing. -- Posted by zombieman5 at 2:35 am on Jan. 2, 2009 same thing. -- Posted by GoloSLB at 2:36 am on Jan. 2, 2009 lol I guess the people I know are just insane or something.  I really didn't think there was either...but people imply that there is. -- Posted by blufindr at 2:36 am on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from charolastra at 9:34 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 ...there's a difference? I was thinking this. -- Posted by thetruthteller at 4:14 am on Jan. 2, 2009 The difference is none. It's just some political correctness liberals that are trying to find a more suitable word. Don't listen to these people. I'm white, negros are negros. -- Posted by maggie666 at 6:02 am on Jan. 2, 2009 i dont know but sameone told me that i am caucasian too its not thrue because people living on the cauas have usually dark hair and brown eyes -- Posted by Afu at 8:18 am on Jan. 2, 2009 It's the politically correct term for individual of European descent, its bs actiully becuase "caucasian" refers to someone from the Cacuas mountains. -- Posted by whoisabs at 8:46 am on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from Afu at 8:18 am on Jan. 2, 2009 It's the politically correct term for individual of European descent, its bs actiully becuase "caucasian" refers to someone from the Cacuas mountains. Did not know that North Africa, the Middle East and Western Asia were all part of Europe... -- Posted by whoisabs at 8:47 am on Jan. 2, 2009 White tends to mean nothern/western Europe, though over time it has started to encompass those from eastern europe as well.  Some question if the southern europeans count as 'white' or not too. -- Posted by Bud2400 at 9:55 am on Jan. 2, 2009 I've always understood "white", in today's context, to essentially mean anybody from Europe or of European descent (though I do know that down in Southern Europe, it can get messy with drawing a line between who's white and who's not). Caucasian, however, is slightly different in that includes non-Europeans.  It'd include the people of the Caucuses obviously, who are sometimes considered white (but often are not), it'd include all Semites from Arabs in the Middle East to Berbers in North Africa, the Iranians (who are usually not considered white by virtue of not being European), the non-Turkic peoples in Central Asia, and it often includes the Punjabi people in Pakistan and India. If you're said to be Caucasian but not white when you are actually European, it basically means you probably have tanned skin and dark hair, while your ethnic origins appear to indicate you're from somewhere in the Mediterranean which is either not exactly European or has historically not had European inhabitants. -- Posted by LoveKay at 10:20 am on Jan. 2, 2009 It is the same thing. -- Posted by hersheyparker at 10:58 am on Jan. 2, 2009 Cauc is a more formal word for white. Same thing. -- Posted by maggie666 at 1:21 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from Bud2400 at 9:55 am on Jan. 2, 2009 If you're said to be Caucasian but not white when you are actually European, it basically means you probably have tanned skin and dark hair, while your ethnic origins appear to indicate you're from somewhere in the Mediterranean which is either not exactly European or has historically not had European inhabitants. so i am not caucasien yeahhh:):) sameone was wrong called me that -- Posted by GoloSLB at 5:57 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Quote: from Bud2400 at 9:55 am on Jan. 2, 2009 I've always understood "white", in today's context, to essentially mean anybody from Europe or of European descent (though I do know that down in Southern Europe, it can get messy with drawing a line between who's white and who's not). Caucasian, however, is slightly different in that includes non-Europeans. It'd include the people of the Caucuses obviously, who are sometimes considered white (but often are not), it'd include all Semites from Arabs in the Middle East to Berbers in North Africa, the Iranians (who are usually not considered white by virtue of not being European), the non-Turkic peoples in Central Asia, and it often includes the Punjabi people in Pakistan and India. If you're said to be Caucasian but not white when you are actually European, it basically means you probably have tanned skin and dark hair, while your ethnic origins appear to indicate you're from somewhere in the Mediterranean which is either not exactly European or has historically not had European inhabitants. So they're basically being arbitrary? -- Posted by kidd rune at 6:22 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Caucasian is a race. White can be considered a subdivision. Example - Semitic people are considered Caucasoid but they aren't White. Same with North Africans. So they're basically being arbitrary? They like to screw with the definitions. :D