Ethnicity and RacePart 1

Learning Objectives for Ethnicity and Race Unit

1. Distinguish between race and ethnicity and the concept of what is means to be a member of an ethnic group.

2. Analyze historical and contemporary attempts to classify humans into distinct ‘racial’ categories

3. Assess the importance of geography in examining & explaining patterns of human biological variation

4. Differentiate between prejudice and discrimination. 5. Differentiate between ethnocentrism and bias. 6. Identify how race is socially constructed by different cultures. 7. Apply types of ethnic interactions to classify past and contemporary

events.

Ethnicity and Race, Part 1

Outline of LectureHuman Biological Variation and the Concept

of Race Journal Entry Assignment

Four partsSpans Part 1 & Part 2

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity

Human Biological Diversity & The Race Concept

Particular ___________________________Egyptians: ___________________Ancient Greece: _______________________Arabs: ________________________________

History of the Concept of Race

Human Biological Diversity & The Race Concept

Europeans (mid-late 1770s)Needed to explain new

discoveries Classification system: ______

___________________________________________of humansAssumed ____________________

Human Biological Diversity & The Race Concept Color of one’s skin, skull

shape, and other physical traits = ________________

Phenotype = _________ ___________________________________________What does this mean?

Human Biological Diversity & The Race Concept

What is the potential problem with using phenotypic traits to classify humans?

Human Biological Diversity & The Race Concept

Journal Entry AssignmentPart 1, Race Card Project

Think about the word Race. How would you distill your thoughts, experiences or observations about race into six words?

Maintain the six word limit.

Natural SelectionProcess that is _____________________

______________: _____________________Summary of statement from Kottak:

Individuals who ______________________ have an advantage over individuals who _____________, & are more likely to _____________________________.

_____________________________determines whether a ______ is beneficial.

Human Biology & the Race Concept: Explaining Skin Color

Variation: ___________________________Natural Selection

Important point: _______________acts on ___________________________, but it is the _________ that they are a part of that actually ______________.

Human Biology & the Race Concept: Explaining Skin Color

Human Biology & the Race Concept: Explaining Skin Color

_________________________vs. ___________________________What do biologists &

anthropologists mean by these terms?

How does this relate to skin color?Skin color = ______________

Human Biology & the Race Concept: Explaining Skin Color

Solar Radiation & Skin ColorMelanin – ___________________________

_______________________– may prevent _____________________ = SPF 2-3_____ = SPF 10-15

Human Biology & the Race Concept: Explaining Skin Color

1940 diagram

Human Biology & the Race Concept: Explaining Skin Color

Solar Radiation & Vitamin D SynthesisVitamin D needed _____________________________________________________________

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity

Ethnic Group –

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity

Non-physical characteristics more important than biological traits

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity

Ethnicity: _______________________________Affiliation with an ________________________Ethnicity is ____________

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity

Status –What is your ‘status’?

Ascribed status –

Achieved status –

Status shifting

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity

Journal Entry, Part 2 Ego