A Brief Glance At Racial Discrimination

However, when some people use the term "race", they refer to any group of people whom they choose to deseribe as such. National, religious, linguistic and cultural .. groups do not necessarily coincide with racial groups. Most anthropologists divide the majority of present-day mankind into three principal parts, the Caucasoid, the Negroid and the Mongoloid. Many sub-groups may be deseribed within these divisions. The tests have shown that, given similar degrees of opportunity, the average achievement of the members of each ethnic group is about the same. Artiele ı of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Radal Discrimination describes the term "racial discrimination" to mean "any distinction, exelusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, deseent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpm;e or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of ,publie life."