Editing Ethnicity (section)

=== South America ===
{{Main|Ethnic groups in South America}}

[[File:A Fundação da Pátria Brasileira (Eduardo Sá, 1899).jpg|thumb|''The Founding of the Brazilian Fatherland'', an 1899 allegorical painting depicting Brazilian statesman [[José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva]], one of the founding fathers of the country, with the [[Flag of Brazil#Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)|flag of the Empire of Brazil]] and the three major ethnic groups in Brazil]]
In South America, although highly varying between regions, people are commonly mixed-race, indigenous, European, black African, and to a lesser extent also Asian.