SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: W. E. B. Du Bois, The Philadelphia Negro, Critical Race Theory
22 Sep 2016
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Friday, march 11th, 2016: race, the biological perspective, racial classifications prior to the 1920s scientists believed that people could be divided into races subdivisions based on physical and genetic characteristics (skin color, metabolic rates) typoligies of so-called races : Negroid some races were superior and others were inferior: current conceptions by 1930s scientists raised serious concerns about concept of race they began to question the typology over next couple of decades, thinking changed scientists reached consensus: Theories of race and racism new racism: refers to belief that races of people are culturally different from each other and social problems emerge when they try to live together. Within his analysis of capitalism there are a few points on this issue suggested that the development of capitalism came at the expense of aboriginal peoples, east. African-american sociologist in the late 19th and early 20th century.
