Are you using the old anthropological scientific definitions (where all Arabs are also White), more modern and variable definitions from sociology that focused on ethnic groups and their own subjective identification as "White" vs "the other", or today's ethnographic definition of Whiteness as a state of mind?
That works for me. It's just important to define your terms so someone knows if it's worth arguing over. Many people in the UK and US would vehemently disagree with that classification, and even their governments have non-aligning categories on forms. Throwing out "Scientifically speaking" doesn't really say anything or strengthen your argument. A lot of "science" is bullshit. Studies backing up "White Fragility" are published literature.
My position is based on the anthropology classes I took back at college. My professor used to catalogue victims of genocide in Kosovo and taught us about all those things.
Yes, there is a lot in science that gets wrong and right. But this is old stuff that has been established for decades.
Are you using the old anthropological scientific definitions (where all Arabs are also White), more modern and variable definitions from sociology that focused on ethnic groups and their own subjective identification as "White" vs "the other", or today's ethnographic definition of Whiteness as a state of mind?
Scientific, not the woo, pseudoscientific nonsense of "State of mind".
Jews, Arabs, hindus, Italians, Iberians, Scandinavians et al = whites = caucasians
Jews = ethnicity
Hindus= ethnicity
Iberians = ethnicity
Anthropologists use those scientific principles to identify victims of genocide and return the remains to their respective people for proper burial.
That works for me. It's just important to define your terms so someone knows if it's worth arguing over. Many people in the UK and US would vehemently disagree with that classification, and even their governments have non-aligning categories on forms. Throwing out "Scientifically speaking" doesn't really say anything or strengthen your argument. A lot of "science" is bullshit. Studies backing up "White Fragility" are published literature.
My position is based on the anthropology classes I took back at college. My professor used to catalogue victims of genocide in Kosovo and taught us about all those things.
Yes, there is a lot in science that gets wrong and right. But this is old stuff that has been established for decades.