Racial diversity

130.000

80.000 – 60.000

60.000 – 50.000

40.000

50.000 – 30.000

30.000

25.000

25.000

18.000 BC and later

15.000 – 13.000

11.000

2.000 – 1.000

Gene diversity in modern world

How many human races?
What is „human race”?
Criteria that define race.
Basic and transitional races.

Stable transitional races versus
multiracial people
Mestizo
Mulatto
„mixed”
„biracial”
„Afro-American”
Zambo

Multiracial countries
Brazil: white 54, mixed 39, black 6, others 1
USA: white 82, black and mixed 13, Asian 5
Guyana: white Hindu 50, black 36, native 7
Cuba: mixed 51, white 38, black 11
RSA: black 78, white 10, coloured 9

German
American
Mexican
Irish
African
Italian
English
Japanese
Puerto Rican

The Chicago Black Ghetto has not disappeared as Chicago has been undergoing the 1990s economic boom. According to 2000 census figures,the ghetto has stabilized as two large areas on the west and south side of Chicago. The yellow marks census tracts that are between 90% and 100% Black. The dark grey areas, mainly in the suburbs, are 90%-100% white.The bright blue areas are 90%-100% Hispanic. Red areas are 50%-90% Asian.