White sharks are racist....................
Man-eater!
That was the common name used for centuries to describe the shark species, Carcharodon carcharias.
From the 1975 movie "JAWS": Mayor Vaughn: "And what did you say the name of this shark is?" Hooper: "It's a Carcharodon carcharias. It's a Great White."
The 1975 Movie JAWS made the words "great white" and “white shark” popular with the public, and “man-eater” is rarely used today. That common word change from "man-eater" to "great white" or "white shark," helped in getting Carcharodon carcharias to become a protected species. It’s a lot easier to get support to protect a “white shark,” than it would be to protect a “man-eater”.
The other common names used to describe this species such as “white shark," “white pointer,” “great white shark" and “white death,” seems to have come into popular usage because Carcharodon carcharias shows so much white on the belly and sides. The white on the sides abruptly changes to the topside color without the usual transitional area seen on many other shark species.-Tom