It would be easy to assume, then, that biologists are making a mistake by rejecting the race concept because that rejection would force them to also ignore such biological variation. However, this assumption would be false. Most intelligent anthrop Continue Reading...
... further, that it would be only a question of time until the entire Pacific coast region would be controlled by the Japanese.' Yet Japan's ultimate aim was not limited to California or the Pacific Coast but was global domination achieved through a Continue Reading...
John Burdick in “The Lost Constituency of Brazil’s Black Movements” questions the narrative that race mixing, or mestizaje, is a solution to the problem of race in Brazil. Burdick states that “in Brazil the social perception o Continue Reading...
Race and Ethnicity Multiculturalism Grade Course What is multiculturalism? Multiculturalism is an ideology which is defined in different ways following in the varying paradigms of one's culture and knowledge. However, it is generally explained as Continue Reading...
Anthropology Colonialism has left lingering negative effects nearly everywhere it has been practiced, and particularly in Africa. The film N-ai, the Story of a ?Kung Woman by John Marshall is a documentary that clearly shows the legacy of colonialis Continue Reading...
Race and Genetics Regardless of the way we look at it, race is indeed a subject that has much influence on the social, political as well as economic relations of people. Historically, supposed differences existing between individuals on the basis of Continue Reading...
Improving Race Relations Through Education: Teaching Children Diversity An article in the journal Childhood Today (Swiniarski, 2006) offers numerous helpful and resourceful ideas for teaching children about how to become "citizens of the world." T Continue Reading...
Gift giving creates a bond between the giver and the receiver. Mauss felt that to reject a gift, was to reject the social bond attached to it. Likewise, to fail to reciprocate is viewed as a dishonorable act in some cultures. Gift giving is a means Continue Reading...
Many of the poems produced by the Bushmen are written in this manner, which does not rhyme and can seem disjointed. However, it is also possible to sense the deep communion with nature that the Bushmen have in the way they express themselves throug Continue Reading...
Race and Genetics On the surface, race seems like a legitimate way of categorizing human beings. Physical characteristics are passed down from parent to child, thereby recreating racial markers. However, the concept of race is generally rooted in ig Continue Reading...
Anthropology and Total Institutions The presence of total institutions within our overall societal structure provides a unique opportunity for anthropologic inquiry through the standardization of individual behaviors. First introduced by sociologist Continue Reading...
Reactions The apparent point here is that land traditionally belonging to native tribes will be used to mine in the interest of the developed world. It makes me feel both sad and powerless. I do not have all the information, but stories like this Continue Reading...
Anthropology Review and Critique: Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspectives The textbook by Brettell and Sargent on the myriad and diverse studies of gender is not only written with excellent scholarship and with a style that is engaging, but the subjec Continue Reading...
According to functionalism, societal values also play an important role in governing a society by offering general guidelines for acceptable behavior through the establishment of roles and norms. For example, such societal institutions as the famil Continue Reading...
Q1 From Jefferson to Ross to Baldwin, one sees a theme of struggle emanating from the issue of race. Jefferson (1781) acknowledged the problems that slavery placed on the nation: he acknowledged that “God is just” and that Americans were Continue Reading...
Bloodlines and Race How does Firmin attempt to reconstruct races as existing along a level playing field rather than being arrayed hierarchically? Joseph Antenor Firmin was nineteenth century's politician and anthropologist from Haiti. He was of th Continue Reading...
Forensic anthropology is a relatively new field in anthropology. When it was first recognized as a forensic science about thirty years ago, there were only six forensic anthropologists, all of whom knew each other (Guntzel, 2004). The role of forensi Continue Reading...
Introduction Although genetics certainly do define the physical features and characteristics of individuals, “race” itself is an arbitrary classification, much as geo-political boundaries are. Geopolitical boundaries are “real&rdquo Continue Reading...
Race and Racism Race is one of the most complicated and interesting topics in the social sciences. In many ways, race is an artificial construct, since there is no single genetic marker differentiating one race from another and racial identities ch Continue Reading...
Firmin / Gobineau etc. Is race a construct of the Enlightenment? Obviously the European encounter with a racially-constructed "other" begins a long time before the Enlightenment, with Montaigne's cannibals and Shakespeare's Caliban. But the Enlighte Continue Reading...
Race is one of the most bedeviling of anthropological characteristics. The concept, with the barest tips of its roots in biological realities and the rest of the plant firmly grafted to cultural and sociological constructs, is one of the first concep Continue Reading...
Cultural Studies Concept of Culture and How it Assists Anthropologists in Their Study and Understanding of People and Societies The concept of culture assists anthropologists in their understanding and study of people and societies. The word cultu Continue Reading...
Education and Race Sociological perspective on Education with Regards to Race Race relations in the United States have seemingly gotten better over the past five decades due to the efforts of civil rights legislation and a public that is more attun Continue Reading...
evolution is in terms of physical anthropology . Physical anthropology deals with the twin questions of how we became human and what it means to be human. To understand these questions, we need to turn to evolution and so evolution describes how sy Continue Reading...
shrinking; this concept is an oft-cited one in discussing international relations, the blinding speed of worldwide communication, and global travel and migration. Ideas like moving to another nation or even another continent are significantly more f Continue Reading...
What was black in 1940 is different from what is black in 2000. Certainly, with the evolution of whiteness, what was white in 1920 - as a Jew I was not white then, but I'm white now, so white has changed tremendously" (Goodman 2003). The views of b Continue Reading...
Discursive construction refers to the ways identities related to gender, ethnicity, nationality, race, or any other parameter, are constructed through discourse. Discourse implies relationship and communication, and it can also relate to power differ Continue Reading...
To some, that suggests that college is a more viable alternative for many of those who would otherwise have sought jobs in the manufacturing sector previously. However, there are at least two reasons that such a conclusion may be invalid. First, wh Continue Reading...
discipline nursing discuss concepts identified literature relation nursing practice. Your paper adhere APA 6th edition guidelines include introduction, thesis statement conclusion. Nursing metaparadigm: Evolving views of the discipline Ever since Continue Reading...
Culture of Sinhala Elite and Shiv Sena in Post-Colonial Asia This paper considers the issue of culture within the context of post colonial Asia. The paper examines the cultural strategies of two cultures; the Sinhala elite and Shiv Sena and how thes Continue Reading...
Religion and Urban Landscape Social Assimilation and Identity in Gods of the City by Robert Orsi Religion as a social institution is considered one of the most influential agents in the society. As an institution, religion plays a vital role in alt Continue Reading...
Fiction of Race Race Race: The cultural power of the fiction of race A recent PBS documentary was titled Race: The power of an illusion. This underlines what constitutes race -- race is a fiction, created by the faulty observational perceptions of Continue Reading...
Whiteness An illusory correlation occurs when there is an observance of an expected relationship between variables and in fact this relationship does not exist (Chapman, 1967). One of the most common examples of this occurs when people stereotype; w Continue Reading...
The poet explains that it is very difficult for a multicultural individual to find his or her place in the world, as they are constantly attracted by cultural values present in a variety of civilizations. All of these cultures are present in her min Continue Reading...
tomorrow / Bright before us / Like a flame. (Alain Locke, "Enter the New Negro," 1925) From the 1920's Alain Leroy Locke has been known as a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Through his writings, his actions and his education, Locke work Continue Reading...
Introduction The Caribbean nations of Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico share in common a history of tumultuous colonial rule. Yet different Old World colonial governments had presided over each of these countries, leading to completely different langu Continue Reading...
Daimler A Long and Tangled History The Daimler car company, under various different names and throughout various configurations, has been around almost as long as the history of the automobile itself. It has seen good times -- including some very g Continue Reading...
Apparently this view has much in its favor. When we compare modern English with some of those Indian languages which are most concrete in their formative expression, the contrast is striking. When we say "The eye is the organ of sight, the Indian m Continue Reading...
Fortress Culture: Employees don't know if they'll be laid off or not. These organisations often undergo massive reorganisation. There are many opportunities for those with timely, specialized skills. Examples are savings and loans, large car compan Continue Reading...
Hip Hop and American Youth Culture Everyone enters a stage of growth when a strong urge to break out of parental dependence, when he recognizes his own person and desires to assert himself. This sense of individuality is an inherent in the American Continue Reading...
