<p>You folks who are confused by the different perpectives on the definitions of race and ethnicity and/or culture can blame the U.S. Bureau of the Census. It was that agency (under the Nixon Administration, I believe) that concocted the term “Hispanic,” for example. Many Latin folks have been upset about that for years. And yes, how we describe “jews” or jewish in America has been subject to debate among those community members.</p>
<p>As for the whole concept of “white” and “race” in general, many scholars/scientists, historians believe that there is no such thing. I mean, is White equivalent to caucasian? Are Turks, southern and eastern Russians, Persians or Arabs caucasian? Are they White? Something to think about.</p>