Ethnicity and Race Part 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.  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 Lecture  Human Biological Variation and the Concept of Race  Journal Entry Assignment  Four parts  Spans Part 1 & Part 2  Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity  Outline of Lecture  Human Biological Variation and the Concept of Race  Journal Entry Assignment  Four parts  Spans Part 1 & Part 2  Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity

Human Biological Diversity & The Race Concept  Particular ___________________________  Egyptians: ___________________  Ancient Greece: _______________________  Arabs: ________________________________  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 humans  Assumed ____________________  Europeans (mid-late 1770s)  Needed to explain new discoveries  Classification system: ______ ___________________________  ________________of humans  Assumed ____________________

Human Biological Diversity & The Race Concept  Color of one’s skin, skull shape, and other physical traits = ________________  Phenotype = _________ ___________________  ________________________  What does this mean?  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 Assignment  Part 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.  Journal Entry Assignment  Part 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 Selection  Process that is _____________________  ______________: _____________________  Summary of statement from Kottak:  Individuals who ______________________ have an advantage over individuals who _____________, & are more likely to _____________________________.  _____________________________determines whether a ______ is beneficial.  Natural Selection  Process 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 ______________.  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

 _________________________vs. ___________________________  What do biologists & anthropologists mean by these terms?  How does this relate to skin color?  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 Color  Melanin – ___________________________  _______________________– may prevent ________________  _____ = SPF 2-3  _____ = SPF  Solar Radiation & Skin Color  Melanin – ___________________________  _______________________– 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 Synthesis  Vitamin D needed _____________________  ________________________________________  Solar Radiation & Vitamin D Synthesis  Vitamin 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 ____________  Ethnicity: _______________________________  Affiliation with an ________________________  Ethnicity is ____________

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity  Status –  What is your ‘status’?  Ascribed status –  Achieved status –  Status shifting  Status –  What is your ‘status’?  Ascribed status –  Achieved status –  Status shifting

Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity Journal Entry, Part 2 Ego