SOCI 242g Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Human Genome Project
10 Dec 2015
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Anti-malaria mosquito effort (could be life changing for undeveloped countries where malaria is prevalent) Census change in categorization may result in fewer white americans. Latino and hispanic is not considered a race, it is an ethnicity. Changing this could result in less whites, similar with africans, arabs, etc. Biological differences mean nothing without social meaning, laws, practices. United states originated in race (conquest of native americans, slavery) Slums developed and flourished with immigrants (immigrants assimilated in lower-income, dangerous jobs alongside the lower class people already established there) Immigrants viewed as transitional- not necessarily to be considered as fully white but when compared to asians or african americans they were above in whiteness. Only free white immigrants could become citizens and receive full rewards of being. Different definitions of black - virginia if 1/16, other if 1/8, others any african an american descent at all (relative to place)
