ANTHRO 128B Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Anthro Comics, Genetics, Aristotle
12 Oct 2018
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ANTHRO 128B
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Fall 2018
Anthro 128B – Race, Gender, Science -- Lecture 1 –
Week 1 Tu (1/10)
Introduction: Race as a Social Construct; What is Race?
What is race?
-what racial categories do you typically use when referring to/describing people?
~skin color, geographical region, hair, facial features
-fiction around race that it is biological
~natural categories/classifications
~many argue that it is a social construct
Biological Ideas of Race
-race (in biology) is an informal taxonomic category below species
-can humans be divided into distinct biological races/groups?
~no → all races run together
-will kowig soeoe’s race predict other charracteristics?
~appearance? disease? talents?
+should not represent
+not always true
-most anthropologist say no
Critiquing Race
-what is the problem with applying the idea of race to humans?
~how many races are there?
+the line between races is blurry (where one begins and ends)
+ex: US census only has ~20 (Hispanic/Latino/Spanish, Asian Indian, Chinese,
Korean, Japanese)
+ex: English census ~30 (White + Black Caribbean, White + Black African,
Bangleshi, Pakistani)
~can distinct, consistent racial categories be identified?
+there are no characteristics that only show up in one group of people
~which characteristics should be used to define these categories?
+how do you decide who is in which group?
+if have no eye fold which race does it belong to?
Racial Categories Change Over Time
-people wear shirt with year and racial categories that change in census
~what we call certain races changes
Racial Categories are Culturally Specific
-selected racial terms/categories in Brazil
~500+ terms reported
~look at race differently/more specifically than US
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+ex: dark/off-white, burnt yellow, bluish, cashew, pink, almost Negro
-US clump many categories together
~categories are more mutually exclusive
~use one drop rule (hypodescent) → one drop of blood makes you that race
+develop through slave economy
+expand number of people that could be slaves
-not the same way as the rest of the world
~no biological basis
~economical/political
What Characteristics Define Racial Groups?
-different traits made significant in different times and places
~different cultures/times focus on certain traits
Skin Color Variation
-sk oh yeah your brother stinky old with me for a dying is the most common you need to
remind the dayin color ~variation is a continuous trait
~there is not a clear place when you can cut it off
~like height --> how decide where to draw the line
-no line where one race ends and one begins
-no exclusive groups can be identified
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Document Summary
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.
