SOCI 1001 Lecture 4: Soci Nov 9th
22 Nov 2016
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As discrete biological entities, races do not exist. There are no biological subcategories of homo sapiens. Race is not biologically meaningful. (cid:858) a(cid:272)e(cid:859) is the produ(cid:272)t of so(cid:272)io-historical not scientific- processes. (cid:858) a(cid:272)e(cid:859) is used as a proxy(substitute) for the relationship between ancestry, geographic populations and genetics. Racialization: the process in which people are viewed and judged as essentially different in terms of their intellect, genetics, morality, values, because of differences of outward physical appearance. Scientific racism: charles darwin the origins of species: by means of natural selection, or the. Preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859: elaborates a theory about biological change and evolution, darwin monogenism and polygenism (samuel george morton) Survival of the fittest: the idea that hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial progress result fro(cid:373) (cid:373)ore (cid:858)fit(cid:859) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) societies (herbert spencer) Refers to the idea that all human societies and cultures pass through a similar sequence or stages of development.
