Don't Call Me White

Why is it that Caucasians are still, in 2005, being referred to as a whole by a made-up skin color? I have never even met a white albino (their skin hue is often a bit pink). More importantly, why is it that I can't (and don't!) call anyone else by a similar made-up skin color, but that's what I am to be called? I use 5-, 6-, and 7-syllable phrases and word combinations to describe other people. Why is my status reduced to an inaccurate, antiquated, monosyllabic word?

Just wondering.