Referring to Anglo Whites as 'Americans'?

[donniedarko]

Originally Posted by sonofaque86

Caucasian. There is no check off box for White American

I kinda dislike the term Caucasian. I think it's kind of silly to lump say, Morrocans in with the Swedish. They probably should change it to 'European' and put a new category for Middle Eastern/North African or better yet, simply do it by ethnic group rather than by continent so nobody gets offended.

[Jimbo_1]

Originally Posted by donniedarko

I think Germans, Irish, French, Dutch, Jewish and Scandinavian Americans are at this point so Anglicized that generally speaking they wouldn't be referred to as hyphenated Americans unless the subject of ancestry came up.

Just about every European group is pretty americanized, unless they are more recent immigrants.

[sonofaque86]

Originally Posted by donniedarko

I kinda dislike the term Caucasian. I think it's kind of silly to lump say, Morrocans in with the Swedish. They probably should change it to 'European' and put a new category for Middle Eastern/North African or better yet, simply do it by ethnic group rather than by continent so nobody gets offended.

Well it says White or Caucasian. Nothing about "American".