I fucking hate White People

[StarfishSaver]

99. White is no more of a construct than brown or black are

And black, brown and "others" are just as often be used in place of "not white."

White usually refers to Caucasians or light-skinned people descended from European ancestors. Certainly, that is not precise since some black and brown people are descended from Europeans. But it's no more imprecise than calling black people African-Americans despite the fact that some African-Americans are white or even calling us black when we are actually brown.

My point is that when white people are referred to as a group, some people immediately object, yet they have no problem referring to certain other people using these constructs. You suggested that white is not a thing, but it's just as much of a thing as black and brown. It could just as easily be said that black and brown are simply "not white."

And while black and brown are common terms in the English language, so is white, so I'm not sure why you think one label is fine but another makes no sense.