The Hamitic Race by somalia5: 1:28pm On May 02, 2013. 1  In the 19th century, as an application of scientific racism, Europeans classified the Hamitic race as a sub-group of the Caucasian race, alongside the Semitic race, grouping the non-Semitic populations native to North Africa, the Horn of Africa and South Arabia, including the Ancient Egyptians.
Semiotics definition, the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing. See more. Dictionary.com
If you answered that question black street gangs and rap stars, you are on to the system through which we may interpret such things as shoelaces and baseball caps. In semiotic terms, a system is a kind of field of related things, and their meaning comes from how they relate to each other.