User:Skakkle/whiteness/United States

The United States has a very particular concept of race (see race and ethnicity in the United States) that has never quite settled into other cultures perfectly. While the modern predominant global concept of "whiteness" and "white people" has its roots in American history (including American practice of slavery) & American theories of race— it has some popularity in Europe, South America and the English-speaking world.

This unique American conception of who white people are and how whiteness operates has naturally propagated outside the US. This has occurred naturally via social media and via other globalizing forces.