race

Question 1

genetic

Answer 1

race has no genetic basis. No one characteristic or gene distinguishes all the members of one so called race from all the members of another race

Question 2

similarities

Answer 2

we are one of the most genetically similar of all specie

Question 3

most variation…

Answer 3

is within not between races 85% difference lies within a local population

Question 4

slavery

Answer 4

predates race- not because of physical characteristics or a belief in natural inferiority. North America has the first slave system where all slaves shared a common appearance and ancestry

Question 5

multi ethnicity 2 issues

Answer 5

1) how people from different groups get along (competition, no common interests)
2) how individuals and groups perceive WHO they are; a problem of identity (disconnection from others)

Question 6

the reason we find it hard to believe race has no meaning

Answer 6

is because of our conditionings. It brought transformation in the world’s perception of differences

Question 7

afrocentrism

Answer 7

reidentify people and cultures of africa to elevate africans to position of esteem by emphasizing valuable aspectts of african culture

Question 8

blood quantam

Answer 8

test indian blood to control who lives on reservation and receives benefits from government

Question 9

one can learn culture ..

Answer 9

without having a single gene from that parent. A child does not automatically have that culture bc of the biology of the parent

Question 10

1st us citizen with full citizenship

Answer 10

landowning white men WASP . white anglo saxan protistan - descendants from England

Question 11

Nathaniel Bacon

Answer 11

rebellion in virgina froms a calation of white small farmers and black and white indentured servants

Question 12

hypodescent

Answer 12

an anthropological term to describe the practice of assigning a child born to a white and minority parent to the status of the minority parent

Question 13

hoffman extension hypothesis-

& problem with theory

Answer 13

argued that minorities have higher rates of infant mortality and morbidity because they are genetically inferior to US born whites

black have shorter lifespan

problem: didn’t take account of poverty and neglect

Question 14

concordance

Answer 14

agreement; race has to correspond with something else….

race doesn’t concord with anything else

not biologically valid

ex: penguins are example

Question 15

geography

Answer 15

is much better at describing human diversity rather than race

Question 16

geography - skin color

Answer 16

adaptations to sun light.. the darker the skin is like sunblock, if by the equator your skin color will be darker

Question 17

geography- sickle cell trait

Answer 17

adaptive in regions wehre malaria is present

Question 18

geography -long distant runners

Answer 18

high altitudes

Question 19

red lining

Answer 19

white family have more wealth primary source of wealth is home ownershi

Question 20

micro -agression

Answer 20

referes to daily insults that minorities and woman are exposed to unintentionally. Making an assumption

ex: a black is a janitor

Question 21

penguins

Answer 21

twice genetically diverse but look identical- its insignificant and superficial

Question 22

what lead british to practice segregations

Answer 22

irish savages fought agains them

Question 23

3 specific poslicity

Answer 23

respose to bacon rebellion slave codes

trail of tears (manifest destiny)

mexican american war (manifest destiny)

Question 24

manifest destiny

Answer 24

america should be controlled by whites

Question 25

mitchondrial dnaa

Answer 25

genetic makeup from mother side of fam