@MadrePappagallo @Eiswald @BloodLibel The idea of “The White Race” as a distinct category appears to have been invented with the discovery of the New World. Prior to that, White People obviously *existed*, but did not think of themselves as such - but rather according to their Ethnic Nation and/or Religion.
This isn’t to discredit the idea or join the anti-White chorus; genetic findings obviously support the grouping, and it’s simply and naturally been absorbed by basically everyone as valid to some extent. I think of “White American” as my ethnicity - all potential objections aside - and I value all European-descended people as my extended-extended family.

By the way, if anyone has links to older evidence of Europeans thinking of themselves as “White People” before the American Colonial Period, I’d *love* to see it - as it simply strengthens the historical foundation of our racial self-determination.