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- adjective anthropology a member of the racial classification of humanity composed of the Khoi and
San people of Southern Africa.
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Examples
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“Black” is just shorthand for “of sub-Saharan African descent,” although more recently there has been a (justified, in my opinion) attempt to split “African” into “Congoid” (west African) and “Capoid” (east African). abb1 says:
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There is such a thing as a Caucasian race, a Congoid (formerly know as Negroid) race, a Capoid race, a Mongoloid Race and Australoid race.
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There is such a thing as a Caucasian race, a Congoid (formerly know as Negroid) race, a Capoid race, a Mongoloid Race and Australoid race.
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