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The '''Caucasian race''' (sometimes called the '''Caucasoid race''') is defined by the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] as, "relating to a broad division of humankind covering peoples from [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]], [[South Asia]] and [[North Africa]]" or "white-skinned; of European origin" or "relating to the region of the [[Caucasus]] in SE [[Europe]]." The concept's existence is based on the now discredited typological method of racial classification. The '''Caucasian race''' (sometimes called the '''Caucasoid race''') is defined by the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] as, "relating to a broad division of humankind covering peoples from [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]], [[South Asia]] and [[North Africa]]" or "white-skinned; of European origin" or "relating to the region of the [[Caucasus]] in SE [[Europe]]." The concept's existence is based on the now discredited typological method of racial classification.
-== See ==+==See also==
 +* [[Anthropometry]]
 +* [[Circassian beauties#Racial theories]]
 +* [[Dené–Caucasian languages]] – includes the Sino-Tibetan, North Caucasian, Na-Dené, Yeniseian, Vasconic (including Basque), and Burushaski language families
 +* [[Historical definitions of race]]
 +* [[Peoples of the Caucasus]]
 +* [[Race and genetics]]
 +* [[Race (U.S. Census)]]
 +* [[Leucism]]
*[[White people]] *[[White people]]
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James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.
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James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.

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The Caucasian race (sometimes called the Caucasoid race) is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as, "relating to a broad division of humankind covering peoples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa" or "white-skinned; of European origin" or "relating to the region of the Caucasus in SE Europe." The concept's existence is based on the now discredited typological method of racial classification.

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