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015_arch_of_race.pptx2. Archeology of Race
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Archeology of RACE
Racism
Race became in the
twentieth century,
a bedrock element in
human social
self-conception
all over the world.
Racism as Political Power
Apartheid
in
South Africa
Until the mid 19th century, group distinctions were not made by race, but by social and cultural differences.
Race as opposed to racism
Fewer than 10,000
generations separate
everyone alive today
from the small group
of Africans who are
our common ancestors.
We are all Africans
Human DNA
The genetic part of humans
that we call “racial characteristics”
—are less than 1% of our
entire DNA makeup
Berbers of N. Africa
Are all African’s Black??
Indigenous people of Australia
Somali Women
Woman from India
Hawaiians
Zulu
Zulu People
Human’s comparative youth as a species accounts for our extreme genetic homogeneity
Archeology of Race
Chimpanzees living on
a single hillside in Africa
have twice as much variety
in their DNA as do the
six billion people scattered
across the globe.
Race
The surface of the
body is thought to
be determined by climate.
The elements we define
as race.
RACISM
Racists have tried to say that natural selection favored different cognitive traits on different continents--
San People in Kalahari Desert
Cold Weather Intellect
selective forces on colder continents led to greater intelligence.
Race
After all, Neanderthals
were much better
adapted to the
cold than modern human beings,
Race
Yet they weren’t able
to compete with the
more intelligent newcomers
from Africa and
eventually became extinct.
Neanderthal Map
Intelligence and Race
Social elements play a
major role in IQ
Indigenous Peoples of Japan
In Japan the Buraku are
a caste of people
discriminated against
in education, housing
and employment.
Race
The complex relationship
between genes and
behaviors will always
confound simple-minded
efforts to link the two.
Race
History argues against
any long term genetic
basis for certain
behavior traits based
on race.
Did the Viking’s somehow lose a marauding gene
in becoming the laid-back Scandinavians of today?
Race
Conclusion
Cultural difference
masquerade as
race problems.
Race is a social construction
