ANTH 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Guero, Sexual Orientation, Casta
15 Jul 2020
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Society organized to identify and separate races and ethnicities. Since 1994, apartheid no longer the legal form of government. Each group had different rights and responsibilities. Racial categories (castas) not recognized officially after independence. The categories live on in language and perception: moreno, prieto, guero. Sex refers to the individuals chromosomes; biological. If sex and gender were the same, every one of the same sex would act the same way, which doesn"t actually happen. Gender is fluid it varies depending on the culture. Believe that being angry is evil (angry person is doing a bad thing) Males and females behave in a peaceful way. If your angry at someone it is your fault, and because your angry at them you have to give them a gift. Everybody tries not to get angry to avoid gift giving. This concept applies to males and females.
