[richardtavor]

Great Answer, eclectic. It also is not necessarily a religion, but a birthright and a way of life. Most people don't realize that all of the 633 laws that G-d gave the Jews are to enhance their daily lives in obedience to G-d--e.g. that if they adhere to the laws they will live long and have happiness in the covering of Ha Shem. As far as race, I contribute most to help Aliya for the Ethopian Jews. It is truly a blessing to see the happiness and appreciation that they have when they come to Israel.

[avitot]

This may seem shocking to some , but skin color is not a determinate of race. There are extremely dark Indians that are white. there are some anthropologists that place Ethiopians and other dark nilotic people into the Hamitic branch of the Caucasoid race.
Ethiopian Jews are dark skinned but do not have negroid features- in fact they look like dark Yemenis.
Dark skinned Jews that are truly Negroid are 100% Jewish if they are halachicly Jewish.
Remember ,while most Arabs are dark, David hamelech was a gingy(Redhead) with blue eyes and my sephardic ladino speaking aunt was green eyed. Even at mt. sinai our nation was not entirely ethnically pure as we took in the erev rav