How long has “white” been used as a racial description?

by elevencharles

Did the Greeks or Romans ever refer to themselves as “white”?

cchiu23

No, modern ideas of race were a product of the 18/19th century, greeks would have identified with their own city state and the romans would just call themselves romans

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1s62iy/europe_had_normal_diplomatic_relations_with/

One of my favourite answers by u/victoryfanfare