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…what? The idea of “white” people is not very clear cut, as it turns out, human genetics are not black and white! Who woulda thunk?

I did not say I would use the term “white” for African or Carribean cultures, I doubt anybody does, I mentioned Western cultures of different kinds. And since a Brit is very different from an Aussie, which is different from a Pole, and all quite different from a Frenchie, the idea of “Western” cultures is broad and you need to be a bit more specific :D

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HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I’m talking about a self descriptor, not a genetic test. If a group of people self identified as “White”, what group would I expect to see.

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- sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  If a group of people self identified as “White”, what group would I expect to see.
  
  Depends on who you ask :D
  
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  - HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah, it does. It isn’t a perfect descriptor and it varies over time. However, if you are taking about a group self identifying as an ethnicity that other groups could recognize, you could probably get a timeframe of a dance that they started to do within a few years. You’re obviously not going to get an exact date and time, but you can get an approximate idea in years as to when a dance when from not being done to being done.
    
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