are you caucasian?  did you check this anytime on a job application?  have you ever enquired where the word originated?
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When some of the ten tribes migrated across the caucasus mountains into Europe.\n\nSaxons came from Isaacs sons, I-saacs sons, saacs sons, saxons.
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It's a slang word where I am from and in it's context does not mean anything close to what the white people meant when they said it.  But on the contrary I do not use that word and I don't take offense if a black or white person says it.  Come in we are in the year 2006 slavery days are over people need to lighten up and stop using philosophy on every little thing.
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I agree...on some forms I've seen the phrase "Euro-American" rather than "white." I wish this phrase/label was used more often.  The words black and white have such powerful connotations (white=good/pure, black=bad/evil). It should change.
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Good question.\n\nI'd like to think that it's because the Caucasian race originated to the USA from England, and England ruled them with a pompous and ignorant heavy hand.
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YOU BET IT IS...I AM OF ENGLISH HERITAGE,AND PROUD OF IT,BUT IT SEEMS EVERYONE HAS A SLUR FOR SOMEONE,AND IT'S FUNNY TO THEM--UNLESS YOU PICK ON "THEIR" HERITAGE!...BY THE WAY,LET ME STATE HERE I AM SO PROUD TO BE YOUR FRIEND!!! SHOUT OUT TO ALL YALL PANAMANIANS!!!..snoopy
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My dad has brown eyes and he has classical Jewish features (black hair, hooked nose, etc.), but he is dark skinned. He must have had a Negroid ancestor. His twin sister, on the other hand, is blonde haired, blue eyed, and white as chalk. (Do you think grandma [white] slept with a Caucasian & negroid person at the same time? grandpa was mixed, though he was Jewish) It is our only explanation why one twin should be "white" and the other "black". Does this help?
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HELL NO!  I AM ONE PROUD WHITE GIRL AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT IM RACIST FOR SAYING THAT...I HEAR BLACK GIRLS AND MEXICAN GIRLS SAY IT ALL THE TIME (AND THEIR NOT RACIST?)\nTHEY ARE MORE RACIST THAN WE ARE...\nCOME ON SLAVERY WAS A LONG TIME AGO...AND THAT WILL NEVER REPEAT ITSELF...I NEVER HAD A SLAVE OR HELD SOMEONE DOWN IN ANY WAY BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOR...BUT I HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED MANY TIMES JUST FOR BEING WHITE
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No. where did you get that from?
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Yes, You are racist. And who cares about the word??? If they want to use it , let them. It is derogatory for a white person to use it...And ,in my mind, It's derogatory for a black person to use it too. but, like I said...If they do...Who fucking cares? People say a lot of things I don't like...I don't lose any sleep over it.
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That guy must be retarded. Of course Greeks are white. Caucasian peoples are technically those who originate in a region near the Caucus mountains in Russia, but that's just a technical definition.  Actually all Caucasians belong to the larger Indo-European family, which includes Indians and Persians (Iranians). Hicks and racists incorrectly believe that "whites" must look lilly white in order to classify as white, but that's not the case. Indo-European ("Aryan") people spread throughout many parts of Asia and Europe some ten thousand years ago. The skin color is caused by the pigment melanin. In latitudes where sunlight is less intense (such as Northern Europe) the skin is paler and contains less melanin in order to absorb more ultraviolet radiation (which helps the body create its own vitamin D). People in more southern latitudes became darker from greater melanin in the skin to protect against the harmful side-effects of UV radiation (think of it as a trade-off between the advantages of light skin- making more vitamin D- and the disadvantages- such as skin cancer from UV).  Skin color does not necessarily correlate to the definition of "white" or Caucasian.
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im irish and ive been called charmin. it seriously comes naturally to us, but i think it has something to do with confidence
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Caucasian and Asian (Chinese)
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Yeah, I would check other and out to side write (of the human race).  Now on the other hand if they want to know about your cultural or ethnic background, that is another story in itself, and even then they should just have a long blank line so that I can fill out my ancestral roots.
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I believe that because you are white there is a deeper meaning behind that word. most black people use the word ni@#a(not n$%@er) as slang term for homeboy to them it is a different meaning which is a bond between them. i also think most black people feel they have the right to say the word cracker because of what happened in slavery. I personally don't think it's right to use any of them but that's just my opinion.
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I'm half mexican but look very white.. with green eyes even. I always put myself as white because that is that I most look like. Though I put "White- of hispanic desent" (spelled?).. if that option is offered
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Didn't we go through this yesterday? What do you want - a pity card for being a racist? Not happening. Get over it. You'd be surprised at how rarely us "whiteys" really give a giant rats butt what race you are. For God's sake - most people interview for more than one position, but only someone who chooses to see themselves as a victim take it so personally. I think you expected them to hire you BECAUSE you're a minority, and now you're pissed off. Quit being a victim and take some responsibility for yourself.
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Confusing question, but we whites just want to know why it's wrong for a whhite person to use that word, but it's ok for the black people to use! That's all we want to know!\nNo hate intended to you=)