@bookish1 They were the three great races, but it is an impractical description in my opinion. People who have written about such things usually further divide the races into more subgroups, and the three great race notion I believe was first written about a long time ago, I think it was either a German author or English? Can’t remember. Anyway, it was more geographical at the time it was first discussed, but now obviously people have moved around a lot. I don’t know what schools teach now? I wonder.
Do you dislike the term race? You haven’t been a jelly very long, there have been long threads discussing race in the past. A lot of people hate the term, or the idea of grouping people by race? I am ok with the term, but I think it is often used in a way that does not really describe a person. My husband and I are both caucasian, but his features are very different than mine, he is from a completely different part of the world. Some people might consider him a different race than me. Genetically, I think there are some differences in that he is more prone to certain genetic diseases, and my group is prone to others. When I describe him I would say he is mediterranean coloring, similar to Greek, because I think Americans have a picture of Greeks similar to him, wavy black hair, olive skin, amber brown eyes. I would say I am eastern European, very fair, blue eyes, brown hair.