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J. Angelo Corlett (2003), Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at San Diego State University, said that primitive conceptions of race are conceptions of race that insist on clear genetic markers between Caucasoids, Mongoloids, and Negroids. Corlett said that, "Primitive race theories," a term by which Corlett refers to them, purport to classify people into distinct groups, such as "Caucasoid," "Mongoloid," and "Negroid." Corlett said that people of mixed ethnicity pose a particular problem for primitive conceptions of race. Corlett said that, speaking from a genealogical standpoint, the question, "Of which race is X?," do not seem to admit answers in cases where a mixed race person is of equal mix. Corlett said that primitive race theories have a tendency to put a higher regard on a certain group, such as in the United States, where it is typically the "Caucasian" over the "Mongoloid," or "Negroid." Corlett said that there are talks about the metaphysics of race, in which racial realists affirm that there are in existence more than one race, traditionally, the Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid "races" (written in scare quotes), whereas racial antirealists deny this partition. Corlett said that, in talks about the ethics of race, racial realists argue that we should recognize the differences between races in addition to racial realists only just arguing for the existence of races. Corlett said, in contrast, racial antirealists argue that there is no grounds to the concept of race, and racial antirealists argue that the concept of race should be abandoned in favor of another way to make sense of ourselves on Earth, because too frequently the concept of races has caused many people to participate in rampant racial discrimination against others, frequently with horrendously evil effects.