> US Census Arabs, Turks and Italians are considered white yet neither resemble a Russian, Finn, or Swede. It goes to show how silly these questions are. Would

> US Census Arabs, Turks and Italians are considered white yet neither resemble a Russian, Finn, or Swede. It goes to show how silly these questions are. Would a Greek Byzantine frame himself as the same race as an invading Ottoman? Assuredly not. Race being purely a matter of skin color is a modern idea.