if whites are Caucasian... what do you call other races?

Question

I want to know the "science" type name simular to caucasion but for other races... Do I make sence? HaHa And why is the word asian in Caucasion when it refers to white people? HMMMMM? Common smart guy!

Thanks! Great answers batgurl, gtoacp and sam21462. As for tan432003 and y ask y, stay in school fool! lol

and Docs just being a smarty pants.

Answer 1

Caucasian or Caucasoid is used to refer to people whose ancestry can be traced back to Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and parts of Central Asia. It was once considered a useful taxonomical categorization of human racial groups based on a presumed common geographic and/or linguistic origin.

I'm not sure what you would call black people though.

For the other answer HAHA African American wouldn't apply to black people in Europe and other parts of the world would it?!

Answer 2

Technically, white races (w/ typical aquiline nose) all over the world are caucasians. But there are white & black/dark CAUCASIANS like the people in some arab countries & some north african countries. The asian race is called MONGOLOID. Black race is called ***** (no offense meant). In Australia, There are native Aborigines that have resemblansies to the people of Oceana. There are also Red Necks & Native Americans from the Pan American continent that are not considered caucasians or otherwise. Caucasian is derived from Caucasus, a place you can locate between Turkey & Iran or between the Black & Caspian seas in asia, now Eurasia.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as race. There is only genetic simalarities do to common ancestory, and these of course are based on location because proximity is needed for reproduction.

Race labels are erroniously used in place of the more accurate identifier of culture.

Answer 4

Somalis and Ethiopians look the way they do because they have adapted to their environment clone of Europeans did in Europe. The bioclimatology of the Ethiopians became equivalent to that of a few Iranian Zargos aspects, Ethiopia is in severe lands and the daylight beats down on them contained in the day time. contained in the nighttime time it is quite frigid and complete of hail. If those were the Africans who gave Europeans the physiological features to adapt why would not the Ethiopians and Horners nevertheless preserve the genes able to being lean, having severe cheek bones,and angular noses.

Answer 5

Caucasian, *******, Mongoloid: These are outdated, antique terms no longer of use to science. There is too much overlapping in the designations. I know laymen still use them but they don't mean much.

Answer 6

I was taught years ago that there were 3 races and that the other two were ******* and mongoloid. I believe that these days these names have fallen into disfavor probably due to PC.

Answer 7

Not really an answer here... Did you know that some dark-skinned people from India and Ethiopia are Caucasian?

Answer 8

Interesting thing from Wikipedia linked below. Pretty much well answers your question I believe.

Answer 9

"Caucasian", used to describe white people isn't really a scientific term, but it's been used for so long, people don't feel compelled to change it.

Answer 10

Simple, non-caucasians.