21st July 2003, 9:24 PM
Um, mongoloid is the term for asian races. Used to be the scientific term, but science has since scratched the catagorization of race because it's just too tricky, for obvious reasons. The other two primary races are caucasoid and negroid, according to this dated system. While not in scientific use, it's still a word that defines an entire race.
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