White people (in US context)

GPTKB entity

Statements (74)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:European_Americans
gptkb:White_Americans
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:White_privilege_(sociological_concept)
gptkb:European_American_culture
Assimilation
Racial classification in the United States
Majority group in US history
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:United_States_Census_Bureau
gptkbp:defines People having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Hispanic_White
gptkb:Non-Hispanic_White
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label White people (in US context)
gptkbp:immigrationWave 19th century (Irish, German, Scandinavian)
Colonial era (British, Dutch, French, Spanish)
Late 19th/early 20th century (Italian, Polish, Russian, Jewish, Greek, etc.)
Middle Eastern and North African immigration (late 19th century onward)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Spanish
English
Polish
gptkbp:legalStatus Recognized racial category in US law and census
gptkbp:majorAncestries gptkb:Arab
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Norwegian
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Lebanese
gptkb:Egyptian
gptkb:Iranian
Armenian
Dutch
English
Irish
Jewish
Polish
Scottish
Swedish
Syrian
Moroccan
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Historical exclusion of some European groups (e.g., Irish, Italians, Jews) from 'whiteness'
Changing definitions over time
Role in US racial politics
Distinction between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Whites
Demographic decline as a percentage of US population
Debates over inclusion of Middle Eastern and North African groups
gptkbp:population 191,697,647 (2020 Census, alone)
57.8% (2020 Census, alone)
gptkbp:populationIncludingHispanic 204,277,273 (2020 Census, alone or in combination)
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Assimilation_(sociology)
gptkb:Non-Hispanic_White
gptkb:WASP_(White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant)
gptkb:European_Americans
gptkb:Anglo-American
gptkb:White_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans
gptkb:Middle_Eastern_Americans
gptkb:North_African_Americans
Caucasian
White privilege
Melting pot
Racial identity in the United States
Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Irreligion
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Caucasians
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5