SOC 101 Lecture 6: Lecture 6
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Race and ethnicity: race: refers to the biological markings of difference skin color, eye color, hair texture, ethnicity: refers to claims of shared culture and history, more voluntary. Ethnic and racial groups in the us: native americans, african americans, asian americans, middle eastern americans, white americans. Latinos having a different name could encourage assumptions (frank smith, douglas. Question 1: is asian american: racial group (could be) a: ethnic group (could be, both (could be, neither. Question 2: is irish-american: a: ethnic group (answer) - but has changed over the years, both, neither. When was race invented? a: 350 bc (hellenistic period, 1100 ad (medieval period, 1700 ad (early modernism) - answer. Scienti c racism: involved hierarchy linking physical features with character and culture. Gentle, acute, inventive vs. crafty, indolent, negligent science was used to justify racists ideology and rationalize racial beliefs. Best group on top: western civilization was used as the measuring stick.
