Are Arabs Asian or White ?

The Middle East is really Western Asia . Arabs are considered Caucasian . It’s so confusing .

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SW-User

They are Caucasian. Anyone who thinks they aren't doesn't understand what Caucasian is.

popmol · 22-25, M

@SW-User modern caucasian or old caucasian?

SW-User

@popmol

White/Caucasian is a term used to describe a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389293/

popmol · 22-25, M

@SW-User damn really?

of or relating to a group of people having European ancestry, classified according to physical traits (such as light skin pigmentation), and formerly considered to constitute a race of humans

Note: People of North African and southwest Asian ancestry were historically also sometimes considered to be of the Caucasian race.

this one i knew, (without the note)

and i knew this

Caucasian has two fairly distinct meanings, and the difference between them occasionally leads people to aver that one of them is incorrect. The earliest sense of the word is a literal one: “of or relating to the Caucasus (a region in southeastern Europe between the Black and Caspian seas) or its inhabitants.” The second refers to the racial group commonly referred to as white.

but if these are correct, neither one is a great or stupid term. as theres a big difference between arabs and southern europe and northern europe 🤣 but would all be considered white/caucasian.

SW-User

@popmol What is the difference? Arabs just have a darker complexion, and even that isn't universally true. There are very pale Arabs. I am Jewish (Eastern Europe) and much more tanned than a lot of Arabs I have seen.

popmol · 22-25, M

@SW-User haven't seen any of those 🤔 they all look like spanish people or similar to me.