DANC 010AD Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Basalt, Philip D. Curtin, Human Taxonomy
10 Sep 2020
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Theories that shaped cultural studies: marxism, gender studies (+queer theory, postcolonial theory. There are more classes than we can see on the table. The widely publicised finding of the human genome project that race has no biological meaning, that, as bill clinton famously put it, in genetic terms all human beings, regardless of race, are more than 99. 9% the same". An immediate and positive finding [ ], the declaration that the concept of race has no genetic basis was a striking symbol of human unity that appeared to bring genetic explanations of racial difference to an end (gill) Race is fiction, not real / doesn"t exist. Human genome project race has no biological meaning. Invented in late 19th century (some people are more worth than others) Human race the only way to talk about race (in connection to aliens, animals, ) francis collins: frantz fanon. 1925-1961; born in martinique of afro-caribbean descent. Describes colonialism by combining psychopathology with marxism.
