Soc. 001 1st Edition Lecture 35 Outline of Last Lecture I. Examples of Race ConflictII. Chapter 14 Reading AssignmentOutline of Current Lecture III. Race is in the eye of the BeholderIV. Clicker QuestionsV. Examples given in classVI. Las CastrasCurrent Lecture- Four characteristics that shows race is in the eye of the beholder:o Continuous change in skin color over spaceo Lack of concordance between genes, abilities If there were concordance: genetic differences in appearance would correspond with other genetic and behavior characteristics But there is no concordanceo Lack of genetic variation between race Less variation between humans than most other species 85% of variation is between individuals of the same race 15% is between races- Geography explains most of this phenomenon o No defining trait: there is NO genetic characteristic that ALL members of one race have but NO members of another race have Sickle cell trait is present in Central-but not Southern- Africa and other areas- Clicker Question 1: Concordance in genetics means that… o Genetic differences in appearance correspond to other genetic characteristicso Genetic differences in appearance correspond with behavior characteristics such as musical abilityo Genetic difference in appearance are correlated with nothingo Both A and B- Clicker Question 2: Geneticists agree that… o There is a lot of concordance between genes for skin color and genes for height and weighto There is a lot of concordance between genes for skin color and the “lacrosse gene” at talent for playing lacrosseo There is a lot of concordance between genes for skin color and preference for truck typeo None of the aboveThese 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.- Contradiction: most black Africans have an extra leg muscle, or “fast twitch muscle spasm”o But studies have been done that this isn’t an extra gene that they have, but really a mutation of a gene that many other races seem to have that causes the muscles to not be thereo The mutation is much less prevalent among black Africans than among other groupso Not all black Africans lack the mutationo Contradiction is refuted- Race is socially constructed - Las Castas: the line drawn between races is a personal/cultural judgment
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