Afrocentricity‚ Race‚ and Reason: A Response to the Literature Chizi Igwe Introduction to Africana Studies 101‚ Section 2 Dr. Kalubi May 8‚ 2010 Afrocentricity‚ Race‚ and Reason: A Response to the Literature Background Information The philosophy of Afrocentricity is not a recent development. Its history can be traced to many precursor theories and ideologies. There were many intellectuals who have researched and theorized about Afrocentricity during its development. These intellectuals
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African Americans which was a factor to how the race was invented. The race was set by a system of rules and a hierarchy where people were set on a scale depending on their race. The color of people’s skin and their cultural beliefs are what set up the idea of race. Race in the American West was based off certain rights and if the people in the American West during this time weren’t considered fully white they were discriminated in American societies. The race is looked upon differently in many parts of
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Whether this definition is accurate or not‚ this is what the terms “race” and “ethnicity” mean to me: Race is a term that describes a group of people with similar descent. I believe race is determined physical specifications such as color‚ language‚ eye shape‚ or even things such as blood types. Human beings as a whole are described as the “human race;” I believe this to be an accurate definition as human beings (despite color‚ language‚ or any other physical characteristics) are all the same. Genetically
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College Dictionary‚ Race is defined as any of the different varieties or populations of human beings distinguished by a) physical traits such as hair‚ eyes‚ skin color‚ body shape‚ etc.: traditionally‚ the three primary divisions are Caucasoid‚ Negroid‚ and Mongoloid‚ and the many subdivisions are called races‚ b) blood types‚ c) genetic code patterns‚ d) all their inherited characteristics which are unique to their isolated breeding population. When someone hears the word ‘race’‚ they usually just
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Definition of Race Race is a social construction which involves putting people into categories to determine which group of people were to be considered privileged or otherwise superior to others. This categorization of people has been a concept not always understood. Therefore‚ to gain greater insight regarding this concept‚ one must fully examine the motivating factors that led Americans to construct racial categories and learn how race relations affect society as a whole. How Social Construction
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Defining Race and Ethnicity The term race is defined as a racial group that is socially set apart because of obvious physical differences. Such as hair color‚ earlobe shapes‚ the color of one’s skin‚ the hair texture‚ and so on for the obvious. On the United States the skin color is another obvious difference the main obvious difference. People in the Unites States have learned informally that skin color is important and hair color is unimportant. Americans have traditionally classified and classify
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What is a race? For many people‚ a race is defined as the color of your skin‚ but in fact‚ this term has a variety of meanings. Some of these come up often in everyday life‚ as we discuss “the human race.” Other definitions used on government forms‚ as when Americans record which race they belong to for the U.S. Census. Some meanings are far more technical when for example a “biologist talks about different races of a particular species of plant or animal” (MacEachern 34). The context in which the
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among social scientists hold that human races are a social construct and have no biological foundation. This had been an issue of research for the scientists and various efforts to assess the evolutionary theories and data evaluation were conducted to justify the link of race with human biology. Evolutionary history of human has some links to the race. Meanwhile‚ analysis of genomes of people around the world establishes that there is some biological basis for race‚ despite the contrary official version
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The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Match race and ethnicity key terms with their correct descriptions: 1. Copy each key term from the Key Terms list below. 2. Paste each key term into the cell to the right of its matching description. Key Terms: Stereotype‚ Gender group‚ Pluralism‚ Sociology‚ Minority group‚ Assimilation‚ Conflict perspective‚ Segregation‚ Ethnic group‚ Racism‚ Class‚ Subordinate group‚ Social construction of race‚ Racial group‚ Religious minority group. Note: Some descriptions
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Race and Ethnicity. The two terms have overlapping meanings and consequences‚ as both are group identities based on the concepts of: shared ancestry‚ shared culture‚ and often shared physical characteristics. On the first day of class we defined both (broadly). Race is a category based on similar physical appearance and social status where as Ethnicity is a category based on shared culture and/or heritage. While the definitions are different‚ the two are usually easily confused for one another. One
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