GEOL 1001 Chapter : Day 3
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Topic 8: how do we define ourselves and others: race and ethnicity. Human variation, race and hunan variation (human variation quiz), 2/24/14: history of term race , 16th century: rare- indicated lineage, 19th century: race as biological type- scientific racism, 20th century: race as social construct genetic variation not liked to race , race in 16th-18th centuries, rare. In brazil and many parts of the caribbean there are many shades of. Color" and a different name and status is accorded to each. In other systems, race is defined as a binary opposition between black and white, as in the united states. 2/24/14: but, in louisiana an intermediary racial/ethnic category exists as well: creole. It"s impossible to understand the history and socio-cultural effects of racial classifications without studying the category of whiteness. : an ideology that can be replicated, a historical system of race-based superiority, gains meaning from non-white others.
