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I really had no idea Vanilla Ice was from Caucasus, I thought he was an American of German, English, and Irish descent. But I guess you learn something new every day. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.205|141.101.81.205]] 17:32, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 
I really had no idea Vanilla Ice was from Caucasus, I thought he was an American of German, English, and Irish descent. But I guess you learn something new every day. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.205|141.101.81.205]] 17:32, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
  
Vanilla Ice is not a descendant from Caucasus mountains! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
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: Vanilla Ice is not a descendant from Caucasus mountains! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
  
He may be a Caucasoid (or Europid) though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race
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: He may be a Caucasoid (or Europid) though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race
  
But I strongly suspect that "Caucasian" here means merely "a white person". http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Caucasian
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: But I strongly suspect that "Caucasian" here means merely "a white person". http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Caucasian
  
As this meaning of the term is chiefly North American and not universal, it causes confusion for other readers. I think it should be replaced by a less politically correct but a more clear term "white".[[User:Georgri|Georgri]] ([[User talk:Georgri|talk]]) 07:30, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
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: As this meaning of the term is chiefly North American and not universal, it causes confusion for other readers. I think it should be replaced by a less politically correct but a more clear term "white".[[User:Georgri|Georgri]] ([[User talk:Georgri|talk]]) 07:30, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

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Rikthoff (talk) The issue date is definitely off, as i don't have a clue about the creation date of the comic. Can anyone fix?

I really had no idea Vanilla Ice was from Caucasus, I thought he was an American of German, English, and Irish descent. But I guess you learn something new every day. 141.101.81.205 17:32, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Vanilla Ice is not a descendant from Caucasus mountains! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
He may be a Caucasoid (or Europid) though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race
But I strongly suspect that "Caucasian" here means merely "a white person". http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Caucasian
As this meaning of the term is chiefly North American and not universal, it causes confusion for other readers. I think it should be replaced by a less politically correct but a more clear term "white".Georgri (talk) 07:30, 21 September 2014 (UTC)