Although white in its racial sense has never been stigmatized in the same way as other color labels, especially yellow and red, there are many people who would prefer to dispense with all color terms in referring to people in favor of a more neutral vocabulary of national or geographic origin. The proposal to replace white with European or Euro-American has a certain merit, especially in view of the recent acceptance of African American as an alternative to black. But the fact remains that black and white are not only familiar and convenient labels but in some cases terms of group pride as well, and as such they are not likely to disappear from American English anytime soon.
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You should not confuse white with Caucasian or Caucasoid.White refers to the light-skinned peoples of Europe and adjacent areas of western Asia, whereas Caucasian and Caucasoid refer to a proposed geographical race that includes peoples from northern Africa, the Near and Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent along with Europeans.
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Though black is sometimes capitalized when referring to African Americans or their culture, white is almost always spelled lowercase.
