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Автор: Goblin
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Дата: 04.10.06, @18:17

  Different regions of the world use the term in different ways. In the United States, Caucasian is currently used primarily as a distinction loosely based on skin color alone for a group commonly referred to as White Americans, as defined by the American government and Census Bureau. In Europe, "Caucasian" usually refers exclusively to people who are from the Caucasus.

The term itself originated as one of the racial categories recognised by 19th century craniology, and is derived from the region of the Caucasus mountains, itself imagined to be the location from which Noah's son Japheth, traditional Biblical ancestor of the Europeans, established his tribe prior to its migration into Europe.

Caucasoid race is a term used in physical anthropology to refer to people falling within a certain range of anthropometric measurements.

In New Zealand the term Caucasian is used most frequently in police offender descriptions. Pвkehв, European New Zealander, or simply New Zealander (although in theory this should include all New Zealanders) are more common in general language.

In the United States the term "caucasian" has taken on a political rather than a scientific meaning. For example, a large segment of the Hispanic community in the United States can be scientifically categorized as caucasian. Some caucasian Hispanics, therefore, may take offense to the political use of the word caucasian to describe the non-Hispanic caucasian population in the United States.

In Britain and Ireland the term "Caucasian" is known but rarely used, White British or "European" is used instead.

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