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african american history and culture. quote, before the mid1600s there's no evidence that the english referred to themselves as being white people. this concept did not occur until 1613, when the english society first encountered and contrasted themselves against the east indians through their colonial pursuits. even then, there was not a large body of people who considered themselves white, as we know the term today. from about the 1550s to 1600, white was exclusively used to describe elite english women because the whiteness of their skin signaled that they were persons of a high social class who did not go outside to labor. however, the term white did not refer to elite englishmen because the idea that men did not leave their homes to work could signal they were lazy, sick, or unproductive. european colonists use of the word white to refer to people who looked like themselves grew to become entangled with the