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Ethnic and Racial Classifications - INI

Ethnic and Racial Classifications refers to traditional anthropological race classification systems used from the 18th to 20th centuries. Originating from German anatomist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach's five-race classification, major categories including Caucasoid (White), Mongoloid (Yellow), and Negroid (Black) were established. Modern genetics and anthropology have rejected the scientific basis of these classifications, understanding race not as a biological reality but as a socially and culturally constructed concept. However, this classification system remains valuable to understand in historical and cultural contexts.

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[item.caucasoid]
code=01
slug=caucasoid
name=Caucasoid
description=Traditional racial classification distributed in Europe, West Asia, North Africa, and India.
alternativeNames=["Caucasian","White race","Europid"]
geographicDistribution=["Europe","West Asia","North Africa","Indian subcontinent"]
historicalSubgroups=["Nordic","Mediterranean","Alpine","Dinaric","Armenoid"]

[item.mongoloid]
code=02
slug=mongoloid
name=Mongoloid
description=Traditional racial classification distributed in East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Arctic regions.
alternativeNames=["Mongolian race","Yellow race","Asian race"]
geographicDistribution=["East Asia","Southeast Asia","North and South America","Arctic regions"]
historicalSubgroups=["Northern Mongoloid","Southeast Asian type","Indigenous American type","Arctic type"]

[item.negroid]
code=03
slug=negroid
name=Negroid
description=Traditional racial classification distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.
alternativeNames=["Black race","African race","Ethiopian race"]
geographicDistribution=["Sub-Saharan Africa","Oceania (partial)"]
historicalSubgroups=["African Negroid","Nilotic","Negrillo (Pygmy)","Oceanic Negroid"]

[item.australoid]
code=04
slug=australoid
name=Australoid
description=Traditional racial classification distributed among Australian Aboriginal peoples, Melanesia, and Papua New Guinea.
alternativeNames=["Australian race","Brown race"]
geographicDistribution=["Australia","Melanesia","Papua New Guinea"]
historicalSubgroups=["Australian Aboriginal peoples","Melanesians","Papuans"]

[item.capoid]
code=05
slug=capoid
name=Capoid
description=Traditional racial classification distributed among Khoisan peoples of Southern Africa.
alternativeNames=["Khoisan race","Capoid race"]
geographicDistribution=["Southern Africa","Botswana","Namibia"]
historicalSubgroups=["Khoikhoi (Hottentot)","San (Bushman)"]

[item.amerindian]
code=06
slug=amerindian
name=Amerindian
description=Traditional racial classification distributed among Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
alternativeNames=["Native American","American Indian","American type"]
geographicDistribution=["North America","Central America","South America"]
historicalSubgroups=["Na-Dene peoples","Alaska Natives","Andean Indigenous peoples","Amazonian Indigenous peoples"]

[item.african-ancestry]
code=07
slug=african-ancestry
name=African Ancestry
description=Modern geographical and cultural classification referring to people of African continental origin.
alternativeNames=["People of African descent","African descent"]
geographicDistribution=["African continent","North America","South America","Caribbean region","Europe"]
historicalSubgroups=["West African","East African","Central African","Southern African"]

[item.asian-ancestry]
code=08
slug=asian-ancestry
name=Asian Ancestry
description=Modern geographical and cultural classification referring to people of Asian continental origin.
alternativeNames=["People of Asian descent","Asian descent"]
geographicDistribution=["East Asia","Southeast Asia","South Asia","Central Asia"]
historicalSubgroups=["East Asian","Southeast Asian","South Asian","Central Asian"]

[item.european-ancestry]
code=09
slug=european-ancestry
name=European Ancestry
description=Modern geographical and cultural classification referring to people of European continental origin.
alternativeNames=["People of European descent","White (social classification)"]
geographicDistribution=["Europe","North America","South America","Australia","New Zealand","South Africa"]
historicalSubgroups=["Northern European","Western European","Eastern European","Southern European"]

[item.middle-eastern-ancestry]
code=10
slug=middle-eastern-ancestry
name=Middle Eastern Ancestry
description=Modern geographical and cultural classification referring to people of Middle Eastern, West Asian, and North African origin.
alternativeNames=["West Asian","Middle Eastern and North African (MENA)"]
geographicDistribution=["Middle East","West Asia","North Africa"]
historicalSubgroups=["Arab","Persian","Turkic","Kurdish"]