That would be a very shallow way to look at "what race"?
Although all races share over 99% of the same genetic material, the classification and division of races is largely subjective, and all races belong to the same species - Homo sapiens. Scientifically, races are defined as a group of people that are separated and grouped together due to the fact that they have common inherited traits that distinguishes them from other groups.
The notion of race is also divided based on geographic separation, social and cultural differences and distinguished physical differences. Human typologies are commonly differentiated based on the following physical traits:
skin color
hair texture
jaw size
facial angle
cranial capacity
frontal lobe mass
brain mass
brain surface fissures
These physical attributes do not necessarily have a strong correlation with genetic variations. As a result, the United Nations has opted to drop the term "race" and replace it with "ethnic groups" instead . According to a 1998 study published in the Scientific American, there are more than 5,000 ethnic groups in the world.
So, as I commented above, trying to discuss "race" and "mixed-race" is to discuss a now defunct way of looking at different types of humans.
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