Category talk:White South African people

Usefulness
Is this category really necessary, or does it create barriers and conflict where there wasn't before? Have all the people in this article willing described themselves as being "White" and "South African". I think that give WP:BLP, this of this category should be considered very carefully. —Sladen (talk) 16:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it will create any barriers or conflict - there's no sign that it's done so. Do you think it will?Shiresman (talk) 14:28, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Inclusion Of Jews
It beats me why are Jews classified as whites.They are neither nordic nor caucasian.They have have mixed heritage like coloured people but tend to butt in with white people wherever they go.
 * Presumably because Jews weren't classified as coloured under South Africa's apartheid laws. Like most racial politics, apartheid wasn't based on any sort of science. Pburka (talk) 00:53, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

General Ridiculousness
As a human of relatively pale skin, but with some of that Mediterranean tone from my Italian and Russian (OMG, Russia is in Asia!) ancestry given enough sun exposure, I find this category absurd. In the long run, all encyclopedia editors have to make some absurd categorizations, but this one doesn't even need to get onto the short bus before it turns ridiculous. Also, check out the great section above, "Inclusion of Jews" who are "coloured people" who "tend to butt in with white people". If you want more discussion like that for the sake of "knowledge", please, let's have more pages like this one! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.27.226.126 (talk) 18:00, 11 September 2014 (UTC)