Race and Racism

An Introduction

By (author) Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban

Not available to order

Publication date:

12 April 2018

Length of book:

288 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442274600

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Race and Racism examines the foundations of race in American society from an anthropological perspective. The book offers and accessible overview of a variety of perspectives and theories on the biology of race, the social context of race, ethnicity and ethnocentrism, and more. The second edition features significant updates throughout, including more discussion of critical race theory, new biophysical research on human origins, new material on media and racism, new global examples, and additional material on how racism impacts a variety of ethnic groups.

Preface

About the Author

1. Anthropology, Race, and Racism

What Is Anthropology? What Is Race? What Is Racism?

How Is Race Different from Ethnicity, Religion, Language, and Other Differences? Why Is There So Much Confusion?

There Is No Science of Race, but Race Is Sociologically Real Race and Ethnicity Distinguished

Barack Obama and Donald Trump: Racial Inclusion and Exclusion

Breaking the Ice: Class Exercise to Initiate a Dialogue on Race

Class Exercises

References

2. Race, Human Evolution, and Natural Selection

Human Evolution, the Story of African Genesis, “Out of Africa”

New Finds for Early Humans in Africa

Asian Progenitors

European Early Humans

Early Humans in the Americas

Migration of Humans Out of Africa

Origins of Human Racial Difference: Modern Humans— Homo sapiens

Race and Science

Models of the Origin of Races

Human Variation— “Race”— as the Rich History of Homo sapiens sapiens

Mechanisms for Biological Change in Humans

Mutation

Natural Selection

Genetic Drift

Gene Flow/ Migration

Mating in Homogenous Populations, Inbreeding Effects

Random, Nonrandom Mating

Founders’ Effect

Racial Difference and Natural Selection

“Race” Mixture and Skin Color

Albinos: The Only People with No Melanin, Found in All Races

Hair Form and Eye Color

Body Type

The Epicanthic Fold, “Asian” Eyes

Blood and Race

Sickle Cell Anemia, Malaria, and Human Evolution

Lactose Intolerance and PTC Tasting

Human History through Blood Types: DNA Mapping of the Human Genome

The Human Genome Project

DNA: Helping African Americans Trace Their Roots

Curiosity about Racial Differences

Study Questions

References

3. Making a Science of Racial Inequality

Race and the Origins of Anthropology

One or Many Species of Humanity: Monogenism versus Polygenism

Race and Nineteenth- Century Evolution: Savagery, Barbarism, Civilization Progressing from Dark to Light Races— from “Black” and “Red” Savages, to “Yellow” and “Tan” Barbarians, to “White” Civilized Races

The Three Great Races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid

The Negro/ African/ Ethiopian Race: Constructing a “Science” of Black Inferiority

The American Anthropological Association’s Recommendations for the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Censuses

Summary

Questions for Discussion and Further Reflection

References

4. Racism and Anti- Racism from the Nineteenth to the Twenty- First Centuries

Contrasting Ideas: The Inequality versus the Equality of Races

Aryan Supremacy

The Social Darwinist and Eugenics Movements and Their Critics

Franz Boas and the Mainstreaming of Anti-Racist Anthropology

Lothrop Stoddard: Eugenicist, Immigration Opponent, Nazi Sympathizer

Contrasting Postwar Anthropologists: Anti-Racist Ashley Montagu (1905– 1999) and Racialist and Racist Carlton Coon (1942– 1962)

Discussion Questions

References

5. Race, Intelligence, and Mental Testing

So- Called Race and So- Called Intelligence

Anthropometry, Craniometry Amounting to “Skeletomania”

Skin Color and Intelligence

Race and the Measurement of Intelligence

The Future of Race and Intelligence— Achievement Testing

Summary

Discussion Questions

References

Notes

6. Whiteness, White Identity, and the Future of White Privilege in America

The Social Construction of Whiteness

Inventing White Privilege

Confronting the History of White Racism and Its Intergenerational Consequences

Praising the History of Black- White Unity

The Important Role of White Women

The Important Role of Working- Class White Men

Cultural Dimensions of Whiteness

Popular Culture: What White People Have Taken from Black People

Hip- Hop Culture: How Young Whites and Blacks Find Common Ground

The Future of Whiteness in the Twenty- First Century

Whites Participating in and Advancing the Dialogue on Race

Discussion Questions

References

Notes

7. International Perspectives on Race Relations

Race and Racism in Selected European Nations

Race in the New World Hybrid Societies: The Caribbean and Latin America

Selected Cases

Race in Africa: Selected Cases

Egypt and the Two Sudans

Race in the Middle East

Race in Major Cultures of Asia

Treatment of Indigenous Peoples around the World

Global Efforts to Eradicate/ Ameliorate Racism

Summary

Discussion Questions

References

8. Racial Reconstruction and Transformation in America

Demographic and Social Transformation of the United States

Race and the Obama Presidency

Black Lives [Still] Do Not Matter

The Reconfiguration of Race

Race, Hollywood, and the Media, “Oscars so White”

National Dialogue on Race Emphasizing “Truth and Reconciliation”

The Black- White Binary and the Asian Model Minority

Issues That Remain Unprocessed

Challenging White Privilege: What Whites Have to Contribute to the Dialogue on Race

Best Practices That Are Simple to Emulate: Rhode Island College Unity Players

Final Remarks

Discussion Questions

References

Index