white (n., referring to people)

this is the generally accepted term for those who are not people of color, sometimes including, sometimes in addition to, those of Latin ancestry. The tendency is to underuse, not overuse, "white"; if skin color or ethnicity is pertinent to your material, check for parallel usage across named groups and include references to "white" if you have included, for example, references to "black." If you alternate the use of "black" and "African American" in your material, similarly use "white" and "European American" (if applicable). Too often, "white" is assumed to be the default. Do not so assume. "White" is usually spelled lowercase, although the style for some publications and writers is uppercase. It is not a synonym for Caucasian or Caucasoid ("white" refers to light-skinned peoples of Europe and parts of Asia; "Caucasian" and "Caucasoid" refer to a now-discounted racial categorization that included Europeans, North Africans, Middle Easterners, and some people of the Indian subcontinent). "The word 'white,' which has been used to describe European Americans, does not reflect anyone's skin color so much as a concept of racial purity which has never existed" (Paul Kivel, Uprooting Racism). See also black/black-, Caucasian, privilege, white (adj.), white privilege.