Caucasians Are Reclaiming Their Regional Identity Through A New Blog
Reclaiming Caucasian identity will take time and a lot of education, but if This Is Caucasian is any indicator, that process is already off to a strong start.
by Evelyn Crunden
A new blog started by people from the Caucasus Mountain region is trying to dispel stereotypes and preconceived notions about a word with a complicated history -- “Caucasian.”
Titled This Is Caucasian, the blog is driven by editors and contributors who are hoping to start a dialogue about Caucasian culture and heritage, while also reclaiming a much co-opted term. Though many in the West associate the word with whiteness and Christian, European heritage, the term Caucasian historically refers to individuals who hail from the Central Asian Caucasus' region, a place defined by religious and ethnic diversity.
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