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Originally Posted by R Flair
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Yes, all people once lived in and around the "fertile crescent" and yes, among them were caucasians. While its no surprise places like wikipedia are scrubbing light skinned from the definition, most dictionaries still include it. That new knowledge and re-education at work.
Important to note is caucasian or caucasoid is one of 3 major races, the other two being mongoloid and negroid. Indians (both asiatic and murican) are mongoloids.
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What does the Fertile Crescent have to do with anything? And I don't really think all people used to live around that area...
American Indians are indeed classified under Mongoloids. Indians were not. There is a reason why the Swastika originally came from that region and why the northern Indians (the lines are blurred now but there used to be 2 very distinct groups in India) are historically known as the Indo-
Aryans.
You failed to mention how the north Africans and people from the Middle East are not Caucasoid. Or are they classified under Mongoloid and Negroid?
Do you have any evidence to back up your claim? Any reason why wikipedia would 'scrub light skinned'?
Dictionaries simply refer to how words are used and are not a good reference for this type of information.