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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
The question asked for a personal definition of ethnicity/cultural identity, not the colour of one's skin. "European" covers those whose ethnic and cultural origins are from Europe, which is true of all who would say "I'm white". It is also the standard demographic label used for that group of people by the market/social research companies I worked for over more than 30 years.
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Using skin colour can be very misleading as to origin. One of my friends at university was born to parents who migrated from Kerala (it's been a few decades but I think that is the right place). He was born with very dark skin being one of the few people I've met whose skin colour could be described as black in comparison to most of the Afro-Canadians I've met who could be described as ranging from light to dark brown. So I'd have to agree that your questions were more informative than asking "what's your skin colour, preferably when you haven't spent the whole summer working on your tan".