I think if you brought a whole bunch of Caucasians (representative of the total variability in the Caucasian 'race' ) to a White Power rally, you'd see how small a portion of the whole enchilada would be welcome there as "white people". I'm really only guessing based upon the small number of extreme racial bigots I've known.
And if you think that is too extreme a test, go to any racial community in North America (my primary pool of experience), take your same group of people that are all "Caucasian" and ask that community to pick out the "white people", maybe 30% would be identified as "white", probably including people who do or don't consider themselves (or are considered by others) as separate, such as people of Jewish ancestry, Indians, and the mountain peoples.
SO, my point was, just because Kennewick man had "Caucasian" features, that fact was not suggesting that he was "European" in origin. Some people I think misunderstand the distinction. Asian, yes. European, almost certainly not. I think most people (but not me) equate "white people" with Europeans. |
