What does a Caucasian look like?
When a lot of people think of “Caucasian,” they think that they look like this.
Sadly, even much of Google will tell you that.
So, if the people pictured above are not Caucasian, what is a Caucasian?
Caucasians are an extremely diverse group of people (50+ ethnic groups) who originate in the Caucasus Mountains. The most well known Caucasian groups are probably Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Chechens and Georgians (although the number of ethnic Caucasian groups is far greater).
Now, the term Caucasian was first used to racially classify people by German physiologist Johann Blumenbach. In 1790, he classified humans into 5 separate races.
Caucasian (Europeans, also including some North Africans, Armenians, Persians, Arabs and North Indians) Malayan (Austronesians) Ethiopian (Africans) Mongoloid (Asians) American (Natives)
He called Europeans (and similar looking people) Caucasians because when he visited the region, he said the people there were “beautiful” and “God-chosen.” Later, the term was re-defined to only include those of European descent and his work was used to “scientifically” justify racism and white supremacy. Quite ironic the way it is used now.
To conclude,
These (along with, oh, I don’t know, many, many, many more groups) are Caucasians.