Want to know how meaningless the idea of the white race is What was considered white has been in fluctuation for as long as the term existed it s pretty well known that in the earlier part of the 20th century there was a good amount of racism coming from white supremacists against individuals of Italian and Irish descent And even as of recently white supremacists seem more welcoming to lighter skinned people of Hispanic descent The point is it doesn t mean anything except what racists WANT it to mean 