Comment by asmor

Don't forget that whiteness contracts and expands depending on the situation, location and year. It does fit in extremely well with an ever shrinking us against them that results from fascism. Even the German understanding of Aryan (and the race ranking below) was not very consistent and ever changing. They considered the Greek (and Italians) not white, and still looked up to a nonexistant ideal "historical" greek white person.