ANTHRARC 282 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Epigenetics, Negroid, Mendelian Inheritance
15 Apr 2016
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Natural selecion directs change in a paricular way. Hba hba no sickle sell anemia, but suscepible to malaria. Hbs hbs no malaria, but suscepible to sickle cell anemia. Hba hbs protects from malaria & sickle cell anemia. Descent: social idenity on the basis of ancestry. Mixed children jason (white) & barbara (black) Rule of hypodescent: a child potenially a member of two groups will be assigned to the minority group. Many racial categories categorical luidity (changing of races) Gsi dinner brazilian anna i didn"t realize when he was in college, mark used to be black (b/c used to have afro) Black man born in egypt, when moved to us, classiied as white. People assign themselves/others to race what ataches people to label of race (geneics, social ideniicaion, etc. ) In 2010 census obama classiied himself as black, not biracial. Siblings within same family can idenify with diferent races. Crossing racial boundaries vs crossing gender boundaries luidity/boundaries/authenicity.
