SA 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: American Masters, Aboriginal Voices Radio Network, Indian Act
15 Nov 2016
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As biological entities, races do not exist (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:449)as first applied to hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s duri(cid:374)g the 16th + 17th centuries in the context of european colonial expansion. Product of eurocentrism: context of the european colonial expansion. There is only one human species one race. This race demonstrates different variations among its members. Similar to ursus americanusi (black bear), which can be black, cinnamon, or white. Process in which people are viewed and judged as essentially different in terms of their intellect, their morality, their values, and their worth because of differences of physical type or cultural heritage. Indigenous population began in the 16th century in europe with the discussion of whether or not aboriginal people were human and has souls. First nations have been living on canadian grounds for at least 1200 years. Non-natives have lived in canada for only 3. 3% of its history yet aboriginal history is largely ignored.
