Races of Man

The Principal Races and Their Distribution Over the Parts of the World. People differ in outward appearance: in height, features, colour of skin, eyes, hair, etc. On the basis of these differences all mankind is divided into several race-groups. We usually distinguish three primary races: the Black Race, the Yellow Race and the White Race.
Members of the Black (Negroid- Australoid) Race have dark skins,
woolly hair, broad noses and thick lips. The greater part of the population of Africa, part of the population of Southern Asia (Southern Hindustan) and the aborigines of Australia and Oceania are members of the Black Race. There are a large number, moreover, in the  east   of the  United   States, descendants of slaves brought from Africa. Members of the Black Race comprise a little over one-tenth of the total population of the earth. The Yellow (Mongoloid) Race is more numerous, comprising over two-fifths of the total population of the earth. Members of this race have yellow skins, almond-shaped eyes and straight black hair. They are inhabitants of Asia mainly (the Chinese, Japanese, Mon­gols and others). The Malays of South-Eastern Asia, part of the inhabitants of Oceania and the American Indians also belong to the Yellow Race.
Most numerous is the White (Europeoid) Race, comprising al­most one-half of humanity. Members of this race have pinky-white or brown skins and soft, wavy hair. They are found mainly in Europe (also Russians and Ukrainians in Northern Asia). The Europeans have expanded overseas, where their descendants comprise the greater part of the population of Australia, North America and some parts of South America. There are a number of people of European descent in North and South Africa. The White Race includes, besides Europeans, the majority of the population of Southern and South-Western Asia (the greater part of the Indians, Iranians, Arabs and others) and of North Africa (the Berbers and Arabs).
Race Equality. Mankind originates from a single stem, and the division of people into races is but conventional and immaterial. There are so many external differences between people that, speak­ing of races, it is almost impossible to take them all into account. Throughout history there has been much movement and mixing of races. Even within the same nation, however, people differ exter­nally, though they speak the same language. Any single race is cap­able of developing its own economy and culture. Many a nation of Asia" Africa and America had a highly developed culture in days of old! But protracted exploitation by foreign capital delayed development in these countries. Today many of these nations have won their inde­pendence and are successfully developing their national economy and culture. Peoples of all races have their great scientists, engineers writers and actors. Thus, the widespread capitalist teaching on the inequality of races is unscientific. Nevertheless, this false doctrine is used by the capitalists to rouse racial enmity, hatred and contempt for members of other races. This is profitable for the capitalists who reap huge profits on  the racial disunity and exploitation of the working masses.
In the Soviet Union and other socialist countries all races and nationalities are equal and have equal rights. Article 123 of the Constitution of the U.S.S.R. reads: "Equality of rights of citizens of U.S.S.R., irrespective of their nationality or race, in all spheres of economic, government, cultural, political and other public activity, is an indefeasible law..."