SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Symbolic Ethnicity, European Canadian, Ethnic Group
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Morton claimed to distinguish skulls of white and black by the shape of their skulls. Morton based his conclusions on only 72 specimens [too small for generalization: 3. Morton did not ensure identical sex composition of black and white skulls: no evidence that whites have bigger brains than blacks! In u. s. , since jews scores below non-jews on iq tests in 1920s, this argument was used as jewish immigration: much evidence shows that social setting in which a person is raised has a big impact on iq. Jewish iq scores rose as they moved up in the class hierarchy and could afford better education. Some people insist that, for genetic reasons, black people are better then white people at singing and sports, and are more prone to crime: no evidence. Some argue black has athletic superiority: false b/c: no gene linked to general athletic superiority has been identified, african athletes do not perform well in all sports [i. e. hockey, tennis, soccer]
