ANTHRO 2A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Digging Stick, Cardiovascular Disease, Cultural Relativism
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The beliefs we have about the world and people; the power to naturalize; culture allows us to judge people by the way they look and act and make assumptions about their lives; provides categories and groupings. Relating everything to nature; breaking things down to a simple level even if it cannot be evaluated in that manner. Culture has the power to naturalize (to make it appear and say it"s common sense) Something you"ve taken to be true, or accepted without evidence. Racism is type biologically transmitted parents to offspring. Racism is not the same as prejudice (negative) Social, culture, physical differences between human groups are expressions of fundamentally different biological stocks. Scientific racism is the use of scientific techniques and hypotheses to support or justify the belief in racism, racial inferiority, or racial superiority, or alternatively the practice of classifying individuals of different phenotypes into discrete races. Emphasizes historical contacts, linkages, and power differentials between local people and international forces.
