* Natural differences are often social differences•Anthropologists argue that all humans share common origins•we’re all cousins of each other•Europeans realized people of different places of the world had differenttraits•Racial classifications became very elaborate •categories ignore overlap•race important because of slavery •we made race important•people didn’t want to work in hot places so they took people from africa to do the work •slaves were property•race had to be important to justify slavery•children who were born into slavery were slaves•being freed didn’t lead to that much change•white used terror - kkk•also justified by race•blacks began fleeing the south•black institutions •never going to fit in as americans •social services established •white people ad social services to help them •Eugenics •good qualities are inherited Hispanics is not a
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