?????????....: Negroid and Caucasoid are differen
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Negroid and Caucasoid are different.
I never use those terms
but they pass for black and white.
Maybe you think that. The defunct word being "negroid" was recorded in 1855. The same be it similar idocy applies to "caucasoid"....so again....black and white.........it's embarrassing.
Negroid
Word Origin
adjective
1. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
noun
2. Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
Origin of Negroid
First recorded in 1855-60;
Cau•ca•sian (kɔˈkeɪ ʒən, -ʃən, -ˈkæʒ ən, -ˈkæʃ-)
adj. Also, Cau•cas•ic (kɔˈkæs ɪk, -ˈkæz-)
1. of, designating, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by fair to dark skin, straight to curly hair, and light to very dark eyes and orig. inhabiting Europe, parts of North Africa, W Asia, and India.
2. of the Caucasus region, its peoples, or their culture.
3. of or designating the non-Indo-European, non-Turkic languages spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Caucasus and adjacent areas.
n.4. a person having Caucasian physical characteristics.
5. a native or inhabitant of the Caucasus.
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