WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Carl Linnaeus, Brain Size, Racialization
20 Oct 2015
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Over 90% genetic variation is shared by all national, racial, or ethnic groups. The system of scientific classification widely used in biological sciences. American: race is a complex and shifting categorical system no consistent way to classify race, race matters cultural construction. The process of assigning people to different racial groups. Race is not very clear cut therefore there is not consistent way to classify race. People who ran away from their masters were mentally ill , not the fault of the master. Drapetomania mental illness that said to cause black slaves to escape captivity. Expected to exhibit abnormal behaviour that are considered for dominant groups. Madness became linked to evolutionary complexity rather than degeneracy re-theorized as a result of stresses of being civilized. Capitalism: an economic system in which trade, industries, and the means of productions are largely or entirely privately owned and operated for profit mostly about profit. Still a continuing issue (ex: live in caregiver)
