ANTHR-140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Biological Anthropology, Xenophobia, Intellectual Disability
23 Sep 2020
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There is no true biological basis for race. Race is a cultural construct on phenotypic traits, skin color. Based on a person"s race, people make assumptions regarding their merit, past experiences, intelligence, work ethic, athletic abilities, behaviors, and potential. The history of racial profiling is impossible to document. Humans as primates are extremely xenophobic, this may. Nonetheless, formal racial profiling begins with the age of discovery explain why we fear other groups of people. From portugal to south africa to india. Wild boys discovered in forests and possibly raised by animals (usually mentally retarded and abandoned by parents) hairy people with tails. Black hair, face harsh, beard scanty, obstinate, heavy, and free. Silky hair, nose flat, lips tumid, crafty, indolent, negligent. Muscular, hair flowing and long, eyes blue. Despite his views, he was not a racist and campaigned against slavery. Develops the modern racial classification system based on skin color. The system is based on the concept of degeneration.
