LEC #1: Race and Racism Flashcards
what is the definition of anthropology?
- the study of humans and human evolution
- to see humans as bio-cultural organisms
3 Main points of Human Nature
- Thinking
- Feeling
- Acting
Human nature is something that is not fixed and can be changed
What are the 5 major subfields of anthropology?
- Biological/physical
- Cultural
- Linguistic
- Archeology
- Applied anthropology
What is Culture?
its a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society
What is the basic PARTS of culture?
- What we think
- What we do: Actions and interactions
- What we have: Material goods
What is Race? what 5 factors does it include? and can it be changed?
1st meaning: some form of biological factor like skin colour, eye shape or genetic make up
- Race includes, biological, cultural, geographical, linguistic, and social factors
The concept of race is always changing and is not a biological fact among humans
What is Racism? and what is an example?
- supports the belief without scientific proof that some races are inferior to others
- some individual groups are treated differently by another racial group in a negative way because of their physical characteristics
- ex: africans are subhuman and uncivilized in the europeans eyes or residential schools because aboriginals were not christians and were therefore inferior
What is Ethnicity?
- Comes from ancestry or a common origin (descent)
- Used in reference to groups of people that are characterized in terms of a common nationality, culture or language
How is racism a form of structural violence?
- its used to justify an unequal access to resources, choices and opportunities for those who identify as inferior
- used to build institutions that include or exclude particular culturally or geographically defined races
- can promote racist ideas and seek to create and maintain frustrations that perpetuate social inequality, poverty, and social injustices
What are the basic FEATURES of culture? and give one example
- culture is learned: for example the things you learn and do is something that comes from society and the environment you are emerged into
- culture is shared
- culture is symbolic
- it is intergrated