Race is not grounded in anthropology
The differences humans have are an asset to the human race as a species. Much of out differences are a result of our well adaptation to the environments we live in. However, the issue of what race one is has been used to be a categorizing and most of the time a predestining factor in society, usually in negative ways. Certain human beings have been thought of as inferior than other human beings simply based on the uncontrollable factor of one’s skin color. The belief of superiority/inferiority based on physical characteristics has been naturalized into our society. And most people do not know that the physical characteristics that are visible, things like skin color, are but 0.01% of all genetic make up. Really, when we think of race, it has more to do with social race than biological race, for humans are not so biologically distinct from other humans (Kottak 2000:139). The concept of race that most Americans have is a social construct that changes with different cultures (Kottak 2000:139). One could look at different cultures to see racial definition as a cultural phenomenon in action. We learned in class a perfect example of this. In the United States, when asked to label certain pictures of persons in a race, most Amer
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