In my sociology studies of the 1960s, we were taught there were three human “races” and each had similar physical characteristics in general
CAUCASOID (aka Caucasian)- are light-skinned people of mostly European origin that can feature a variety of hair and eye color.
NEGROID (aka Negro)- are dark-skinned people of mostly African origin that feature dark brown eyes, black kinky hair and wide nostrils.
MONGOLOID (aka Asian) - are tan (some say yellow) skinned people of mostly Asian origin that feature brown eyes, dark straight hair and distinctive eye openings that appear “slanted” to some.
Everyone came from one of these three groups.
In addition, sociologists told us that there were three body types:
Ectomorph - tall, thin people
Mesomorph - people considered of “average” build
Endomorph - short, fat people.
These were the days before political correctness and hypersensitivity about national origin. I am making no commentary about individual people or classes of people. I’m just telling you how it was taught in my school back in the day.
exactly; you remember it perfectly; i was there too
South Sea Islander was also a designated race in my time
if there was a memo sent out changing all this-—Gerry Rivera aside——i did not recive it
I think DNA studies pulled out the fourth race of South seas.