Diane Sawyer and author Nell Irvin Painter discuss what it means to be "white." April 1, 2010— -- What does it mean to be "white"? Is it one race of people? Were people defined as "white" ...

Greeks and Scythians -- Romans, Celts, Gauls, and Germani -- White slavery -- White slavery as beauty ideal -- The White beauty ideal as science -- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach names White people ...

The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter (W.W. Norton & Co.) Why is it that we classify people by skin color? Is it “natural” to do so? Painter doesn’t think so, and she can prove it. In her ...

"White" has been a constant of the U.S. census. Other racial categories for the national head count have come and gone over the centuries. But "white" has stuck ever since U.S. marshals went door to ...