Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Samuel George Morton, Negroid, Race Matters
1 Oct 2018
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About 150 years ago, dr. samuel george morton was the most distinguished scientist in north america. Despite claims of scientific objectivity, not a shred of evidence supported. There are three main issues that compromise his findings. Morton claimed to be able to distinguish the skulls of white and black people by the shapes of the skills. Morton"s on skulls formed a small unrepresentative sample of 72 skulls. Morton"s racial samples were incomparable with respect to gender. Females comprised 71% of the "negroid" group and only 48% of the. "caucasian. " given that women"s bodies are, on average, smaller than men"s, these groups comparisons are unfair. Morton"s findings are biased in favour of larger, white, mall skulls. In medieval europe, some aristocrats saw blue veins under the pale skin but could not see blue veins under the peasants" suntanned skin. They concluded that the two groups must be racially distinct.
