KINE 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arabian Peninsula, Anemia, Role Model

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 1000
• Professor: Yuka Nakamura

Document Summary

We attach meaning to racial groups or categories based on physical differences and similarities. A group of individuals who share genetically transmitted traits. Race as a social construction: the evidence. Race has no genetic basis : 99. 5-99. 9% of our dna is the same. Sickle cell anaemia: west africa, mediterranean, arabian peninsula, spanish speaking regions in south america, central america, and parts of. India the caribbean: they are not a race. Tay-sachs syndrome: people of ashkenazi (eastern and central european) jewish heritage, french-canadian communities of quebec, the old order amish community in pennsylvania, cajun population of louisiana. There are higher risks of diseases among certain groups and we do see agentic dispositio(cid:374) to diseases (cid:271)ut it(cid:859)s (cid:374)ot al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272) Debunking the myth of black athletic genetic superiority. Systematically differentiate black and non-black populations: 99. 5% of our genetic code is the same across humanity.