ANTB21H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: African American Vernacular English, American Anthropological Association, Vocal Folds
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American anthropological association maintained that most white americans believe in an inaccurate folk theory of race. Race is a basic category of human biological variation, combined with a belief that each human being can be assigned to a race or sometimes a mixture of races. Race is clearly an important social category that influences people s trajectories and identities. Race is more salient in the u. s. For instance in nepal caste, ethnicity and religion have been most salient forms of social differentiation for nepalis. Ethnic groups are thus not fixed phenomena but are constantly being created and recreated anew. Bonnie urciuoli studied puerto ricans in new york city contrasting ethnicization with racialization in context of class and gender identities in u. s. Racial discourses frame group origin in natural terms. Ethnic discourses frame group origin in cultural terms. Racialized people are considered out of place, dirty, dangerous, unwilling or unable to participate constructively in the nation state.
