ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Stephen Jay Gould, Samuel George Morton, Carl Linnaeus
31 Mar 2017
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The presumed hereditary characteristics of a group of people. Race is used erroneously as a form of social stratification and legal classification. Perceptions of an individual"s standing or status in society, normally based on economic criteria. Max weber based on things like educational attainment, occupation, religious or spiritual affiliation, economics. Occupations think how we value jobs that require intense schooling and perceived brain power as opposed to hands on jobs this valuation contributes to stratification. The rags to riches" tale/myth and belief that opportunities available to everyone. Groups of organisms that are reproductively isolated from others (eg. dogs and cats) But what is a sub-species: sub-division of species; sufficiently geographically isolated to create difference (eg. different breeds of cats or dogs) All humans belong to the species homo sapiens. Those who advocate the idea of race as a biological category argue that different races are akin to sub-species.
