What Does RACE Mean In Relation To Humans?

August 06-2009:

What Does RACE Mean In Relation To Humans?

Race to my interpretation consists of the following aspects:

* A group of humans who have occupied a certain region or terrain for centuries.

* These peoples MUST have been living there, inter-marrying or inter-breeding, for centuries too.

* And MUST see themselves as belonging to the same terrain, plying the same hunting grounds, using similar protective measures for survival, and communicating verbally or by sign language in a common fashion, they only can understand and identify with.

How Does Religion Factor In This Equation?

Religion is a set of rituals, followed or revered by a group of people. Be it a Tribe, or people of a certain region or territory. 

These rituals may be pagan in practice, or verbally communicated to others via a Shaman, Seer, Guru, Monk, High Priest, Sage, or any person, the group believes or appoints, to conduct or impart these rituals to the group.

How Does Ethnicity Factor Into These Two Categories?

Ethnicity came into being when humans could specifically identify certain physical features among themselves, that is specific to those that live, dwell, inhabit, or cohabit together, over a period of time.

Thus creating via this experience, a certain physical profile peculiar to themselves.

Thereby causing the term ethnicity to be used as a category for identification purposes, with other human groups. For example, the Chinese, the Anglo Saxons, The Asiatic peoples, The Occidental or Oriental peoples, the Blacks or Peoples of African roots or origin.

Derryck.
NYC.