Guidance for Observers
The following is a list of Geographic Locations. Students who are from one or more of these countries may
consider an answer of "yes" to the Race Question as it correspondes to column 3 below.
Common race identifications.
If an individual
considers him- or ..or comes from one of the following
..and assuming single-race, the
herself to be:
countries or regions:
individual may be identified as:
Northern Europe such as Britain (Scotland,
Ireland, Wales), Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway,
Sweden
Western Europe such as Belgium, France,
Holland, Luxembourg
Central Europe such as Austria, Czech
Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland,
White: A person having origins in any of
European American Slovakia, Switzerland
the original peoples of Europe, North
Eastern Europe such as Belarus, Bulgaria, Africa, or the Middle East
Romania, Russia, Ukraine
Southern Europe such as Bosnia,
Catalonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy,
Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal,
Serbia, Slovenia, Spain
Other such as Caucasus, Armenia,
Georgia, Azerbaijan
Afghanistan, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Jordan,
White: A person having origins in any of
Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the original peoples of Europe, North
Middle Eastern
Turkey, Yemen
Africa, or the Middle East
American
White: A person having origins in any of
North African
the original peoples of Europe, North
American
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco
Africa, or the Middle East
Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Ethiopia,
Haiti, Jamaica, Liberia, Madagascar,
Black, African
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Nigriti,
American, AfroSouth Africa, Sudan, Tobago, Trinidad,
Black: A person having origins in any of
American
West Indies, Zaire
the black racial groups in Africa
Asian American
Pacific Islander
Australian or New
Zealander – not an
indigenous person
Asian Indian, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma,
Cambodia, China, Taiwan, Philippines,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia
Mongolia, Nepal, Okinawa, Pakistan,
Singapore, Sri Lankan, Thailand, Vietnam,
or ancestry groups such as Hmongs,
Mongolians, Iwo Jiman, Maldivian
Caroline Islands, Fiji, Guam, Hawaiian
Islands, Marshall Islands, Papua New
Guinea, Polynesia, Samoa, Solomon
Islands, Tahiti, Tarawa Islands, Tonga
Australia, New Zealand
Asian: A person having origins in any of
the original peoples of the Far East,
Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent
.Examples of areas included are
Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands,
Thailand, and Vietnam.
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: A
person having origins in any of the original
peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other
Pacific Islands.
White: A person having origins in any of
the original peoples of Europe, North
Africa, or the Middle East
Aborigine,
Indigenous
Australian, Torres
Straits Islander
Australia, New Zealand, Torres Straits
Islands
Pacific Islander