white people

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Intangible ethnic_group Q235155
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white people

Summary

white people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,164 views/month, #29 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • white people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[3].
  • white people is a type of group of humans[4].
  • white people's Commons category is recorded as White (human racial classification)[5].
  • white people's said to be the same as is recorded as Cracker[6].
  • white people's said to be the same as is recorded as Whites[7].
  • white people is the opposite of person of color[8].
  • white people comprises white men[9].
  • white people comprises white women[10].
  • white people's significant event is recorded as Atlantic slave trade[11].
  • white people's has cause is recorded as racialization[12].
  • white people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:White (human racial classification)[13].
  • white people's Commons gallery is recorded as White people[14].
  • white people's facet of is recorded as human skin color[15].
  • white people's facet of is recorded as ethnic groups in Europe[16].
  • white people's facet of is recorded as Atlantic slave trade[17].
  • white people's facet of is recorded as colonialism[18].
  • white people's facet of is recorded as slavery[19].
  • white people's facet of is recorded as race[20].
  • white people's used by is recorded as scientific racism[21].
  • white people's has characteristic is recorded as light skin[22].
  • white people's has characteristic is recorded as whiteness theory[23].
  • white people's hashtag is recorded as whitepeople[24].
  • white people's studied by is recorded as Whiteness studies[25].

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Definition and Type

white people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[3]. It is a type of group of humans[4]. It is the opposite of person of color[8].

Use and Application

Components include white men[9], a population group[26] and white women[10], a population group[27]. white people's used by is recorded as scientific racism[21].

Why It Matters

white people ranks in the top 0.64% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,164 views/month, #29 of 4,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of group of humans
    Opposite of person of color
    Has characteristic light skin, whiteness theory
    Used by scientific racism
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012439376905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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