ANTHRO 128B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hypodescent, Cashew
17 Jul 2018
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Anthro 128b race, gender, science -- lecture 1 . ~many argue that it is a social construct. Race (in biology) is an informal taxonomic category below species. People wear shirt with year and racial categories that change in census. +the line between races is blurry (where one begins and ends) +ex: us census only has ~20 (hispanic/latino/spanish, asian indian, chinese, +ex: english census ~30 (white + black caribbean, white + black african, +there are no characteristics that only show up in one group of people. +ex: dark/off-white, burnt yellow, bluish, cashew, pink, almost negro. +expand number of people that could be slaves. ~use one drop rule (hypodescent) one drop of blood makes you that race. Not the same way as the rest of the world. Different traits made significant in different times and places. Sk oh yeah your brother stinky old with me for a dying is the most common you need to remind the dayin color.
