Actually, bravo... There is a big huge world out there beyond your Mirriam-Webster volume. If you ever got out there and lived, instead of sitting on the sidelines, you would know that the people of the middle east consider themselves worlds apart - racially, spiritually, culturally - from the folks they - and we - consider to be "white", regardless of what your online dictionary tells you. You can call Jesus a white man all you like, but the sabras and arabs of the holy land would laugh at you... Kinda like I laugh at you. You really need to get out more. You'd be surprised how extensive foreign travel expands and alters your view of the world, and of your rightful place in it.