ANTHRO 3AC Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scientific Racism, Casta, New Spain
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I will post all the terms from the study guide here, and everyone can identify or edit them. This is a platform for people to discuss and find the most proper answer for each term, so please feel free to edit any description, and don"t go too personal if your answer is edited. Also, you can use different color to diff your answer from others". The exam will ask you to identify and discuss the significance of 5 out of 8 of them in terms relevant to the course. https://quizlet. com/126006887/anthropology-3ac-mid-term-short-answers-flash-cards/ https://quizlet. com/126229580/anthro-3ac-midterm-flash-cards: scientific racism- The use of pseudo-scientific reasoning to justify belief in racism. For example, takaki noted that in the u. s. , marriages between whites and nonwhites were legally denied. This is significant because it shows the 2 basic principles of scientific racism which are that non white races are inferior and race mixing causes degeneration. Using scientific principles to see one race as inferior or superior to another.
