Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Genetic Variation, California Newsreel, Blockbusting

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

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Health science - racism as a determinant of health the social construction of race. Are discernable patterns in how health is distributed according to (what we have come to u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d as(cid:895) (cid:862)(cid:396)a(cid:272)e(cid:863) o(cid:396) eth(cid:374)i(cid:272)it(cid:455) Is it because they are more violent: or is it because social constructions make blacks live in terms that are more prone to violent behaviour. A social and political construct that is used to distinguish between and rank different groups of people on the basis of physical characteristics (such as skin colour: race is not a genetic or biological trait. An enduring social category that captures differential access to power and resources in society. Race as a way of categorizing human difference: There is no biological basis to race! For example, genetic explanations cannot explain the repeated observation that there are systematic differences in health between racialized groups. Genetic variation does not correspond to differences in (what we have come to u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d as(cid:895) (cid:862)(cid:396)a(cid:272)e(cid:863)