SOCI 1311 1st Edition Lecture 15 Outline of Current Lecture I Biological Determinism II Human Genome Project III Social Construction of Race IV General Terms Current Lecture I II III IV Biological Determinism The center driving force of the discussion about race The idea that each racial group has its own unique biology you biology determines what happens Human Genome Project Humans share 99 of the same genes A race gene does not exist Ancestors region of the world determine appearance Racial categories are imprecise Social Construction of Race people make race significant US census categories have had several changes Racial Stratification racial groups are ranked General Terms Race large group of people who are to be distinguished based on their physical characteristics skin hair texture eyes lips nose One Drop Rule 1 32nd of black blood makes you black first mathematical understanding of race 6 months after it was dropped Ethnicity a status based on cultural heritage shared feelings of peoplehood Nationality life style language food you eat Latino Irish Italian Muslims Catholics Religion fits as an ethnicity These 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
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