SA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Human Skin Color, Hypodescent, Caucasian Race

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 101
• Professor: Bascom Guffin

Document Summary

Race - a social construction that defines groups of humans based on arbitrary physical and/or biological traits that are believed to distinguish them from other humans through social interactions that make the idea seem real . Socially constructed - a concept developed by society that is maintained over time. Anthro sometimes referred to as the science of race . Race: a discredited concept in human biology. Ppl cont to believe in the existence of biological hman races is bc its been repeated in lit, media, and culture for300+ years geographical area. Cline - refers to differences in the traits that occur in populations across a. A trait may be more common in one geographical area than another. Eg of clinal variation - variation among human skin colour. Nonconcordant - genetic traits that are inherited independently rather. Used to think there were 3 human races: caucasoid, negroid, and mongoloid.