Marc22350
I agree with you that this discrepancy is unusual. I have often pondered this question myself. For some reason it is acceptable to call people of European and African descent “white” and “black,” but we would never classify people of Asian or Hispanic or Native American descent as “yellow” or “red.” I think whites should be classified as European Americans to put the categories on an equal level. I don’t think the terms make anyone feel less than American, since they are definitely better than “black,” “red,” etc., which are obviously not accurate descriptions of people. As for the Caucasian thing, it refers to the Caucasus Mountains. Oddly enough, people who live there are not of the same ethnic background as most Europeans. I believe the Caucasus Mountains are close to or actually in Asia, making this categorization for European-descended people totally inaccurate.