Anthro 205 1st Edition Lecture 9Outline of Last LectureI. RaceII. Idea of the Evolution of Racea. Darwin and the origin of speciesIII. Goulda. CraniomaticsIV. Key conceptOutline of Current Lecture I. Race vs. BiologyII. Social RealityIII. Health DifferentialIV. RaceCurrent LectureRaceIf Race is Not in Our Genes, How Does it Become our Biology (Health inequalities):- Idea is not part of “common sense,” many even doubt the idea.- Why is it still with us?- We are visual animals, we have become attached to these ideas and identities because they havebecome part of our culture, they have historical interest- We are often confused between race as a biological factor and a cultural and - Pre-modern view of the world - We have good reasons as to why race lingers, but we haven’t been good at talking about raceThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.It’s not real biologically but it is real socially:- Ignoring for example disorders and diseases that coincide with race making us relate it to race directly- Recapitulation: People had the idea of hierarchy in mind. The theory of natural selection rafted these ideas. Provided scientific support to craniomatics, colonialism and other non-scientific concepts.- Neoteny- Embodiment: “Health effects seen at level of an individualexperiences of discrimination and at institutional/structural level”- Theories changes but the need to keep hierarchies remain.- How do we make sense of the biological differences?Health differential – isn’t economic inequality the ultimate cause of this?- Although socio-economic factors do correlate with health inequality, it is not the only factor.- How race becomes biology: Social inequality biology of radicalized group Embodied (health)inequalityrace is geneticSocial inequality.- We are a product of both our genetic make up and our social interactions.Race:- While humanistic powers have a very distinct definition of race, biomedical powers do not.- Bio-cultural: how biology and culture shape each
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