ANTH 23 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Henry Fairfield Osborn, New Zealand National Rugby Union Team, Southern Poverty Law Center
13 Mar 2019
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We are labeled as different racial categories. But this is how we insist on grouping people. Ideally, we label ourselves according to these options (black, white, hispanic) Map should look likes this (look at gradient map) Depends on how many uv rays your ancestors were exposed to close to the equator. You can"t choose your own race , its largely a function of how others perceive you . Race - social mechanism invented during the 18th century to refer to those populations brought together in colonial america: the english and other. European settlers, the conquered indian peoples, and those peoples of africa brought in to provide slave labor (aaa). There is no neat biological explanation for this all the uv radiation you need. Racial differences are socially constructed and reproduced and have no clear basis in biology. expectations, and opportunity. Differences in skin pigmentation do not correspond to distinct genetic groups.
