ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Class Consciousness, Slot A, Common Descent
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Picture of natives holding and hiding tv sets as anthropologists come into view. Nobody is anybody except in relation to somebody : the idea of the self of an individual being, as an entity unto themselves. Therefore, identity is not fixed or natural but a process. Enculturation, self-identification: our identities do not come from ourselves, but who we are is dependent on the cultures in which we exist, we also have the option of self-identifying, we can identify with many things. But because we self-identify does necessarily embody it. How do we communicate the identities of others: e. g. Slavery (black and white picture of chained, lined up presumable african slaves) Apartheid south africa: separation of races; micromanagement of racial interaction. Race and iq: the bell curve: intelligence and class structre in american life by richard j. Herrnstein charles murray: the idea that iq is linked to race. There are organizations and groups funding this kind of literature and research.
