ANTH 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethnocentrism
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Group of hereditary feature that is not present in other groups . Race is a complex of elements whose significance and meanings lie in the historical context. Race as a unit of analysis in different domains: biological. American culture race as an ideology ideology : sets of beliefs and assumptions held. On faith alone : method of classifying humans. According to discrete biological changes: races then ranked. Outward physical appearance a direct manifestation of inner life . Race becomes a status and inequality of rank in a. Society source of either privilege or oppression ethnicity sense of togetherness shared by members of a group linked through cultural tradition ancestry , national origin or history religion . ethnocentrism cultural or ethnic bias in.