We attempt to set the background for the scientific consensus that grew in the 1960s and 70s that race is a cultural construction, not a biological fact. Since anthropology is the discipline most intimately entwined with race and biological anthropology is the part of the discipline that has the greatest history with race, this discusses some of the key players in driving the cultural consensus and some opposing it. There was a memorable moment at a meeting in 1966 when Paul Baker, physical anthropologist and mentor to Jim Bindon, was presenting a paper about using race as research tool and Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist, was pounding her "house post" and shouting disagreement which is used to illustrate some of the confusion about race at the time. Definitions of race by Jonathan Marks and Audrey Smedley are featured.
11/2/2017 03:47:20 pm
I have studied the caste system, which is definitely racist. And in my home town, I learned from my mother what racism is. She was thinking about the Japanese internment, which was certainly racist. In New Zealand, Māori were discriminated against, but it took a Professor to show it. Comments are closed.
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Multi-episode playlists:
History of race (7 episodes) Race in India (3 episodes) Race and Biology (6 episodes) Race and Health (4 episodes) Race and Intelligence (4 episodes)
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