# Why do white people exist

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-white-people-exist/749136>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 16, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-white-people-exist/749136 "2016-03-16T03:36:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-white-people-exist/749136/101 "2016-03-23T19:56:29Z")

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> [@AK84](#):
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> Whats interesting to me is that in European populations there is a very strong correlation\* of light hair and eyes with pale skin. …\*The British Isles also have the pale skin/dark hair eyes.

The “Snow-White” configuration isn’t stereotypical of any European country, but it’s found all over the continent.

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