Intro to Cultural Anthropology Notes 3/29/10

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Intro to Cultural Anthropology Notes 3/29/10, Ethnicity and Race, Part 2


 
  
Created Apr 23, 2010
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Denigrating the Other through caricatures and stereotypesHow have people been denigrated over...
 
Caricatures have consequences Portrayals of Native Americans deny historical injustices. ...
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African American Stereotypes in Cartoons
 
Blacks stereotyped as acting in a certain way -Primitive African Stereotype – uncivilized,...
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Main Themes of the African American Caricatures
 
Low intelligence (coon caricature) Natural prone toward violence and crime (coon caricature,...
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Race and Eugenics
 
Eugenics: From Greek, meaning “of good stock.” Study and practice of selective...
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Who was Sir Francis Galton?
 
Pioneer of using anthropometry to identify which skull shape is going to be associated with...
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Social Darwinism
 
In an egalitarian society (where there is a level playing field) the poor are considered less...
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Eugenics Movements, USA
 
IQ tests developed, early 1900s (first “scientific” tests to determine intelligence.) Eugenics...
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Legalized Eugenics - the Carrie Buck case
 
Carrie Buck, a “genetic threat to society” – she was not smart at all Deemed...
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What is the Pioneer Fund?
 
Founded 1937, connections with eugenics Harry Laughlin, founding member, testified in...
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Book: "Race, Evolution, and Behavior"Author: Professor J. Philippe Rushton
 
Current President of Pioneer Fund Book - old stereotypes that are being re-hashed under...
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Article: The Bell Curve PhenomenonAuthor: Cohen
 
Standardized testing Claims “Intelligence” is trans-cultural and can be measured. IQ...
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Article: Under the Shadow of TuskegeeAuthor: Gamble
 
What Is Tuskegee? An infamous biomedical research study (1932-1972). Control group...
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Article: Linguistic ProfilingAuthor: John Baugh
 
Racial profiling - based on visual cues, linguistic profiling - based on auditory cuesLinguistic...

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