Adding to Baffo's argument from a more personal standpoint.
I'm Albino and after a revelation brought on after reading this node, I realized that nothing on me (apart from certain articles of clothing) is white.
My skin is a very, very, VERY light pink, maybe a bit of silver, maybe. My hair is an extremely light blonde, though in normal light it looks white. Even my sclera, the "whites" of my eyes are more on the pink side. Yet another enlightenment found on E2.
Still, go ahead and call me white, it's just a little easier to say than light-pink-maybe-silver-and-a-touch-of-blonde.