>>22137105>from the Caucasus Mountain regionThe point of "Caucasian"/White to is acknowledge historical migration routes spawning modern conception of "Europe" and "Europeans". It's not strictly representative of the current or last century's or last 1,000yr's inhabitants of that region specifically to the exclusion of everyone else. No one considers Chechnyan's more "White" than Anglos or something.
>it's a meaningless term made for racist reasons.Yes, tribal identities are formed to distinguish oneself and one's extended genetic relations from other tribes, which is a useful social tool & marker of genetic fitness.
Though unlike ethnicity, "race" is less biologically & more socially defined, however that doesn't change the 'core' message.
Obviously as the grouping of peoples becomes larger & more abstract, the edges become fuzzier. Doesn't change the actual meaning being conveyed, "race" does not have to be a discrete category to exist and convey meaningful, relevant ideas.
>>22131456It's worth looking at historical migration routes.
