HPS110H1 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 3 - Henri Tajfel, Pathos, Aryan race
21 Sep 2018
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Breaking bad: prejudice: prejudice can lead us to hate ourselves and others. Prejudice: pre-judgement, forming an opinion before becoming informed of the facts. Usually unfavourable/negative due to gender, race, religion, etc: long history of racial prejudice/racial science/scientific racism, in 19th and early 20th century scientists thought there are. During wwi really took off in order to get the best recruits in the us: racial science supported racist prejudices and practices in us. Civil war resulted from slavery; slavery outlawed after war. Racism in the north over jobs, education, private clubs, public services, etc. Discrimination against other races as well (native americans, chinese-americans, Thought there was something different about their biology. Key figure: anthropologist franz boas, german jew. Critiqued biological explanation for race: post wwii anti-racist efforts ans, post wwii anti-racist efforts. Unesco led major international effort, research and education. Nazi racial science and racial hygiene came to light. Superior aryan race threatened by impurities from racial mixing.
