Thusly. Ye Gods! Do people actually say or write that in the States?

"Caucasian" in that sense is an abomination. Equivalent to "Ethiopian" as a way of saying "black". Inaccurate, misleading, insulting and preserving pseudo-scientific racial classifications that don't deserve to be preserved. Fortunately use of the term seems to be pretty well limited to North America.

"Outdated", as in the term "outdated ideas" when what is meant is "unfashionable"