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Those options are not different ethnicities, they are different geographical locations.Main Entry: 1eth·nic
Pronunciation: \ˈeth-nik\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ethnicus, from Greek ethnikos national, gentile, from ethnos nation, people; akin to Greek ēthos custom — more at sib
Date: 15th century
1 : heathen
2 a : of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background <ethnic minorities> <ethnic enclaves> b : being a member of a specified ethnic group <an ethnic German> c : of, relating to, or characteristic of ethnics <ethnic neighborhoods> <ethnic foods>
Asians are not a homogeneous population. East Asians like Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans are genetically dissimilar to Southeast Asians (Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Malay, etc.) and "Asian" Indians are in fact a Caucasoid cline, like Middle Easterners.
Africans... most people would assume you mean Sub-Saharan, or Black African, but North Africa is also a part of Africa, though it is populated by Arabs.
You did not state that by 'American' you meant exclusively North American, yet you included South American as a seperate option - though there is almost no difference in ethnicity between indigenous North Americans and indigenous South Americans.














