Exam 2

Question 1

Biological Definition of Race

Answer 1

1. Divides people into racial groups based upon their genetic ancestry
2. Racial groupings are independent of social conventions and exist regardless of cultural and social standards.

Question 2

Social Definition of Race

Answer 2

Racial groupings are based upon social norms or conventions and such groupings are exclusive of biological influence

Question 3

Eliminativism

Answer 3

1. the goal of ridding society of any “race talk”. 2. The rationale for banishment of the term “race” is that race has been conceived as a biological entity. There is no biological reality to race. Therefore, race does not exist.
2. Naomi Zack says that referring to race as a biological concept causes harm by reinforcing a false notion.

Question 4

Social Construct