White. A person whose origins are in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Avoid the term Caucasian because it technically refers to people from the Caucasus region.
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" (NCBI, 2022).
"The category 'White' includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa." Some examples of these groups include: German, Italian, Lebanese, Cajun, Chaldean, Slavic, Iranian, French, Polish, Egyptian, Irish, and English.
Ethnicity: Your ethnicity refers to your background heritage, culture, religion, ancestry or sometimes the country where you were born. For New York State reporting, we are specifically collecting whether or not your ethnicity is Hispanic, Latino or of Spanish Origin.
Ethnicity may be construed as an inherited or societally imposed construct. Ethnic membership tends to be defined by a shared cultural heritage, ancestry, origin myth, history, homeland, language, dialect, religion, mythology, folklore, ritual, cuisine, dressing style, art, or physical appearance.
Besides its use in anthropology and related fields, the term "Caucasian" has often been used in the United States in a different, social context to describe a group commonly called "white people".
If you have wondered what your ethnic background is, you can find out by taking a MyHeritage DNA test. Your results will include an Ethnicity Estimate: a percentage-based breakdown of your ethnic origins as indicated by your DNA results.
White. A person whose origins are in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Avoid the term Caucasian because it technically refers to people from the Caucasus region.
If a combined format is used to collect racial and ethnic data the minimum acceptable categories are: American Indian or Alaskan Native; Asian or Pacific Islander; Hispanic; White, not of Hispanic origin; and Black, not of Hispanic origin.
Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America. The United States is home to people of various racial and ethnic backgrounds; consequently, U.S. federal law does not equate nationality with race or ethnicity but rather with citizenship.
(eth-NIH-sih-tee) A term that refers to the social and cultural characteristics, backgrounds, or experiences shared by a group of people. These include language, religion, beliefs, values, and behaviors that are often handed down from one generation to the next.
Abstract. People with Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) backgrounds living in the United States are defined and classified as White by current Federal standards for race and ethnicity, yet many MENA people do not identify as White in surveys, such as those conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Overall, it is estimated that over one billion people worldwide identify as Chinese, making them by far the largest ethnic group on Earth.
White is a racial classification of people generally used for those of predominantly European ancestry.
Preferred: All participants were European American. All participants were White. Comment: The term “Caucasian” is considered offensive to some cultures; use “White” or “European American” instead for people of European descent living in North America, or be more specific by providing the nation of origin.
Non-Hispanic Whites, also known as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans classified by the United States census as "white" and not Hispanic. According to the United States Census Bureau yearly estimates, as of July 1, 2023, Non-Hispanic whites make up about 58.4% of the U.S. population.
Caucasian people do not have one ethnicity. Rather, they’re a group of people with almost 150 different ethnicities living in the regions around the Caucasus Mountains.
Hispanic is treated as a race – One can be Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, White, Hispanic, Native American. If a person's Hispanic status variable is yes, that person is reported as Hispanic irrespective of the race/ethnicity reported in the primary race/ethnicity variable.
"White" refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa. It includes people who indicated their race(s) as "White" or reported entries such as German, Italian, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan, or Caucasian.
However, "color challenges were never sustained or systematic" when it came to Italians, who were "largely accepted as white by the widest variety of people and institutions" throughout the United States. Even in the South, such as Louisiana, any attempts to disenfranchise them "failed miserably".
This event was a heartfelt depiction of the six ethnic groups that form the bedrock of Guyanese society: African, Indian, Chinese, Portuguese, European, and Amerindian, as well as the mixed race community.
"Nationality" means "What country's on your passport and birth certificate?" and "ethnicity" means "Who were your ancestors." In my case, my nationality is American and my ethnicity is mostly Italian and Irish.
Birth certificates in the United States include the race and Hispanic origin of the mother and father, but not the child. This creates challenges for demographic estimation and research.