CHYS 2P38 Lecture 4: Being Other - Race and Class of Children and Youth
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Lecture 4 being other: race and class of children and youth. Social-evolutionism - the theory that europeans (from british isles) were the dominant race in the world. During early years every civilized man passes through that phase of character exhibited by the barbarous race from which he is descended. As the children"s features flat nose, forward- opening nostrils, large lips, wide-apart eyes, absent frontal sinus, etc. Learned from reports of other people not first-hand knowledge linking of child development with race science. Views that, developmentally, young children represent savage people. Believes that there are three classes of civilization. Example: england was the top level of civilization. No highly developed sense of law or science. No science understanding from the western perspective. Robert dunn wrote civilization and cerebral development (1964) Argues that (nordic) europeans enjoyed whole brain development, while the carib, negro and irish from leitrim, sligo, and mayo experienced lesser development.