Describing races?

Question

can someone help me out describing the basic physical traits (appearance) of these races:

asian, caucasian, african, middle eastern, native american, hispanic.

example: asian - black hair, slanted eyes, small build.

thank you!

Answer 1

Races don't exist as biological differences, but as cultural constructs placed on people to differentiate and discriminate.

Answer 2

Though race diferentiation is necessary for tracing of roots it makes no difference when only the truth counts.

Answer 3

The phenotypical spectrum of any given  race is an extremely wide one. Asia is a continent with India, China, Japan and many more nation states, each contains within its borders a myriad of different phenotypes.  It is beter if you hone in on a smaller group of individuals within the populations a nation state, or a well defined region. Pick one that represents what ever you are trying to present. For example,  zapotecan characteristics are bla,bla, instead of a unclearly defined group like "hispanics"which by the way is a term that refers more to culture than to physical chracteristis. Remember that, "to bring the subject to a manageable topic is the best way to reduce the burden of credibility on your statements".

good luck.

Answer 4

There are only three races. Caucasoid, *******, and Oriental (NOT ASIAN).

These are based on skeletal structure. Any other so-called "Race" is mad up of a combination of these.

Answer 5

i think that you can get the information from the writing of Josepf Goebles with a dose of what the diffs are between the Aryans and the Slavs

Answer 6

Asian: generally thin, fold of skin over half of eye revealing a slanted eye, skull sizes very but generally moderately large, straight black hair

African: very dark skin, large noses, large nostrils, occuputs, largest skulls out of all the races, protruding mouth, nappy hair, generally thin due to lack of sustenance

Caucasian: hair orientation varies from curly to straight, only race with the blue eyes, green eyes, etc.. generally thin but also some instances of obesity noses, most evolved looking skulls, tall, well built

native American: large skulls, Asiatic eyes in some cases, straight hair, brown skin

Hispanic: Asiatic eyes in some cases, overly straight hair sometimes, black hair, dark eyes, large skulls (in some cases), protruding skulls

Answer 7

Hispanic is not a race.  it is a culture.

Answer 8

Races don't exist because they imply people are different genetically.  Humans are humans and are the same genetically/biologically whether their ancestors came from South America or Africa.  Ancestry or Ethnicity does sort people into categories, but to describe for example Africans would be impossible.  There are so many different variants and think of how large a continent Africa is.   Locations make a huge difference upon the phenotypes (physical characteristics visible to the eye) of people as well.  Your description of Asians- black hair, slanted eyes, small build...think about Pakistanis, Indians, etc.  They too are Asians, but your description would not fit for them.  

Categories now are how people define themselves.  I could claim to be African American if I have a "drop" of African blood in my ancestry.  My outward appearance to you however may cause you to think I was of a different "race."  

Try your luck at sorting people based on their physical characteristics on this website.  It's a really cool little game and very informative as well.  http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeopl...

P.S. Interesting FYI : Race is just what is defined socially at the time thus a social construct. For example, when Italians and Irish immigrants were coming to the US in the early 20th century, Italian and Irish were both considered distinct, separate, primitive races. Now, Italian and Irish are not found on the available races to check.  Interesting, eh?

Answer 9

Races are no longer used in our enlightened post-colonial mind set.  Using the classes you present are troublesome at best because for example there are members of 'the African race' with straight hair even though curly hair would be a commonly assigned attribute.  The differences within what you would call a race are actually greater than the differences between a member of the "race" and any of the other "races".  This had to be drilled into all te students in my Paleo-anthropology classes, it is hard to accept but true.

Hispanics would be a mix of Asiatic and Caucasoid, Native Americans would be Asiatic, the classes and sub-classes becoming to difficult to separate on any factual basis as we are all members of Homo sapiens and the globalization allows for such extreme genetic drift that the question is fast becoming moot.