Is it hard for people to tell what race some people are?

[Anonymous]

[Lliam]

The idea of classifying people by race developed in the 18th century.
~ Caucasoid (Whites)
~ Mongoloid (Asian; Oriental)
~ Negroid (sub-Saharan African)
~ Australoid (an outdated historical grouping of various people indigenous to Melanesia and Australia) https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/who-are-the-australoid-race.html

I don't know why they didn't classify indigenous peoples of the Americas as a separate race.

It starts to get pretty absurd, though, given the variety of people around the entire planet. I suppose some anthropologists could divide races in to sub-groups, but what's the point?

Plus, people of different "races" have been mixing forever, so hybrids are common.

From a purely observational perspective, it's pretty easy to identify white, sub-Saharan African and oriental based on facial features, hair and skin tones.

But it's way harder to distinguish ethnicities.

[Berethor]

Black, white and Asian are pretty easy to tell, the rest are harder to tell.

[Asker]

So you can't tell the difference between a middle eastern, indian , and Hispanic?

[Berethor]

Sometimes I can but it clearly harder than with black, white and Asian.

[menina]

Yes, I would say so. That usually happens when someone is mixed.

[Asker]

Why though?

[menina]

Because they usually have features from both parents. And yes, non-mixed people can also be like that, but it's different.

[Astarlessnightsky]

No, i am always certain when i see someone, it is a human.

[Avicenna]

maybe in some cases

[Asker]

Well why do people get my race wrong?