SYG-1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Emma Lazarus, Negroid, Authoritarian Personality
14 Mar 2019
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Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door. A category of people separated on basis of real or alleged physical characteristics. Examples: eye shape, skin color, hair texture, or similar subjectively selected attributes. A category that passed on cultural or nationality characteristics. *caucasian: person with relatively light skin and fine hair. *negroid: person with darker skin and courser, curlier hair. *mongoloid: person with yellow or brown skin and distinct shaped eyelids. Unique cultural traits, e. g. , language, holidays, religious practices, clothing. Territoriality a tendency to stay in a particular area upon immigration. *middle ages to 18th century: determined by family ties, family line. *18th century: physical characteristics and differences in religion and cultural traditions. *later 19th century: distinct biological categories used to establish hierarchies, usually tied to social darwinism. *20th century: skin color and concept of racial purity.
