Part of
Public Research Project
Since the previous
Race poll was more or less general, and since the sheer number of 'white' entry there exceeds 90% of the whole at the moment, and since many of the voters has shown great impatience, I'm coming out with the more detailed survey on the subject sooner than I've planned. But here you are - following public lead, I'm inquiring upon detalisation of constituents of 'white' race as present on the board
Here are guidelines (form wikipedia):
The term Caucasian race is used almost exclusively in the United States to refer to people whose ancestry can be traced back to Europe, North Africa, West Asia, South Asia and parts of Central Asia. It was once considered a useful taxonomical categorization of human racial groups based on a presumed common geographic and/or linguistic origin.
In the United States, it is currently used primarily as a distinction loosely based on skin color alone for a group commonly refered to as Whites, as defined by the American government and census bureau. In the British Isles, "Caucasian" follows the North American definition, but in continental Europe, "Caucasian" currently refers almost exclusively to people who are from the Caucasus.
The term itself derives from measurements in craniology from the 19th century, and its name stems 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 supposed migration into Europe.
Caucasoid is a term used in physical anthropology to refer to people falling within a certain range of anthropometric measurements.
And also:
Physical anthropology defines Caucasoid with a pattern of physical traits typical of humans indigenous to an area centered on Europe, the Mediterranean, West Asia and South Asia. Populations near the edge of this area in North Africa show features transitional between Caucasoid and Negroid, while much of Central Asia shows features transitional between Caucasoid and Mongoloid.
So, this we will follow, and the poll again will be more and less general. (West Asia being Middle East and Turkey and Iran, South Asia being India and Sri-Lanca and Pakistan etc, Central Asia being Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Afghanistan, North Africa being Arabic/Berberic countries). Europe will be more extended than others, to provide for titular Varangians and others
. South India is divided by countries rather than enthnicities, for these are too numerous to be listed in the poll.
Before putting up the poll itself, I would like you to review the proposed poll and express your opinion with regards to its accuracy. The poll itself will be put up next Monday (once agreement is reached) or later if need be. Bear in mind that the poll allows for 10 poll questions only, so the groupings (and their mess up) are largely made with regards to that limitation.
*North Europe (Scandinavian-Germanic-Uralic)
*West Europe (Roman-Germanic)
*West Europe (Roman-Celtic)
*East Europe (Slavic-Germanic)
*East Europe (Slavic-Uralic)
*Mediterranean (Greek-Roman-Arabic)
*North Africa (Arabic-Berberic)
*West Asia (Arabic-Jew-Persian-Turki)
*Central Asia (Persian-Turki)
*South Asia (per countries – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hymalayan States)