[burkaman]

In discussions involving racism, "white" means "white skin". Racism is usually about how people look, not genetics.

[dragonwriter]

Racism is about the groups people are placed in by societal perceptions, in which looks are a major but not the sole factor.

[morgante]

Sure, and everyone besides hard core white supremacists considers Ashkenazim to be white. I've hung out with plenty of blatant racists who treated me, as a Jew, as part of their in-group.

[dllthomas]

Which is not to say that Ashkenazi Jews are not typically considered "white" in mainstream American culture.