Why are they considered caucasian?!?

Question

east indians i mean their so dark and brown

like these

http://www.californiamakeup.com/images/S5030026.jpg

i know theres really rare cases where they got brown hair and light skin and this one family i knew had red hair and a light tan but they were 100% east indian.

Answer 1

Cavalli-Sforza wrote, "[T]he Caucasoids are mainly fair-skinned peoples, but this group also includes the southern Indians, who live in tropical areas and show signs of a marked darkening in skin pigmentation, although their facial and body traits are Caucasoid rather than African or Australian."

from the source of the person that said they were not caucasian.

they're not white, but they still have similar hair textures and facial features to most "white" people - or the caucasians you're probably used to.  

Answer 2

they are considered caucasian because east indian doesn't mean black.  caucasian means anyone who isn't black.  it doesn't mean white.  on school forms and stuff like that there is a special spot to check if you are east indian..and another for black,white, asian and american native.

Answer 3

They are not caucasian!

Answer 4

Chelsea is right... and that is a very pretty girl.

Answer 5

wat the heck...?

Answer 6

some indians are milky white, usually north indians though. well most ppl dont consider indians/southeast asians to be white but if they refer to them as caucasian it would be because they dont know what other race to classify them as.

Answer 7

I don't think they're considered caucasian.

EVERYONE answer this question please, i need help.

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Answer 8

It's because of their hair texture, face shape, and body structure. Certain subtle facial and body characteristics separate Caucasians, Africans, and Asians. There are also some dark skinned Asians, too, such as Pacific Islanders.

Answer 9

For all the dumb people out there. Caucasian is not a "White" person Caucasian has nothing to do with skin color. Technically not race either. Caucasian people are of eastern or middle eastern decent. that includes all countries in the EASTERN countries.

Caucasian also refers to the person's skull structure and skull structures are similar shape depending on where you come from. The 3 main shapes are Caucasian, Mongoloid, and *******.

She is either Caucasian or Mongoloid. I think Mongoloid.

Answer 10

Maybe they are part Caucasian or have a family member who was? But I would consider them Asian.

Answer 11

caucasian means WHITE, east indian people are ASIAN, and i really hate it when people are so ignorant that they don't even know that India is a part of Asia, INDIA IS NOT A CONTINENT.

Answer 12

they are not considered caucasion, only white people are, im not sure what they are considered probably indians!!

Answer 13

idk but my birth certficate says im caucasion wen i hav no relatives or n e thin who r caucasian im 100% mexican yup

Answer 14

They're not considered Caucasian. WTF?