True, Jim. The word "Caucasian" comes from that region but it isn't about skin color. Many people from India have darker skin than a lot of Africans, but they are classified as Caucasian too. I think a lot of Americans confuse "Caucasian" with "Nordic." And race should not matter, except in matters of health history.

In the US, there is a lot of "Hyphenated-American" going on. I don't see the point. Our neighbors to the north point out that people there are simply Canadian, not Asian-Canadian, Hispanic-Canadian, or whatever. But sometimes there are heated discussions. A man my husband works with is from South Africa but is now a US citizen. Although he is white, he points out that if he wanted to, he has every right to call himself an African-American. That has ruffled a few feathers.

Again, what does it matter? I don't like flowery terms when a simpler term is just fine. I can see euphemisms when the original word is unpleasant, but there is nothing wrong with being black, white, yellow, or whatever a person is. Why dress it up? My cats don't do that. They know that being a cat is a perfectly noble thing. There is no need for them to call themselves Feline-Americans.