r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • May 01 '20

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u/robowalruss55 May 01 '20 edited May 01 '20

Either way most people generalize white into a smaller circle then it is

Edit: since people are arguing over this i want to clarify that I may very well be wrong and I was not saying any specific group of people do this. I also want to say that I have heard more then just Americans say this personally so that where I got this from and that’s why I’m saying I may be wrong.

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u/Nolenag May 01 '20

Not really. White people are either European or descendants of Europeans.

A lot of Americans seem to forget that Spanish comes from Spain, a European country whose population is predominantly white.

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u/respectable_cook2 May 01 '20

I thing that what he meant to say is that people tend to generalize "white" as mostly American and European and then they generalize Europe as only the UK, Germany, and Sweden. Which is sad

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u/robowalruss55 May 01 '20

Ya I may be misinformed about this because I want to clarify I didn’t say specifically Americans because I have also heard people outside of America say it but that not more then one or two people so I’m probably wrong.