SOCA 105 Exam 5 Snyder WVU Graded A+

SOCA 105 Exam 5 Snyder WVU Graded A+ Race is .... ️- a recent human invention - about culture, not biology - embedded in institutions and everyday life - is often purposefully utilized to realized political control (power), national (group) unity, and economic goals Race is NOT ... ️- it is not biological - it is not linked to intellectual ability History of the race concept in the US ️Race: the power of an illusion documentary Individual (personal) Racism ️when one person acts in a discriminatory manner towards another person based on identifying them as part of a racial group - an example is using the n word Institutional (structural) Racism ️when the societal structures and institutions of a society produce or reproduce racialized thinking and/or inequalities -examples: political system, criminal justice system, banking system, education system, health care system, housing, etc. Anthropological Approaches ️racial classification and explanatory approach Racial Classification ️the attempt to assign humans to discrete categories based on appearance (rejected) Explanatory Approach ️focuses on understanding of specific differences (today) Biological Race ️refers to geographically isolated subdivision of a species - race as a biological category is supposed to reflect inherited/shared genetic material - race does not apply to human populations - human biological variation distributed gradually between populations called clines Tripartite Scheme ️one the first schemes; three great races: yellow, black, white -"color-based" racial labels are not accurate -many populations don't fit neatly into any one of the three "great races" -no single trait can be used as a basis for racial classification -phenotypical similarities and differences do not necessarily have genetic basis Natural Selection ️process by which nature selects the forms most fit to survive and reproduce in a given environment Melanin ️-primary determinant of human skin color -chemical substance manufactured in the epidermis -prior to 16th century, darker skinned populations closest to the equator -"natural sunscreen" produced by skin cells responsible for pirmentation