Chapter 10 Social Significance of Race and Ethnicity - Race: people who share physical characteristics‚ such as skin color and facial features that are passed on through reproduction - social construction: a societal invention that labels people based on physical appearance. - Skin color‚ hair texture‚ and eye shape are examples of unequal treatment - Ethnic Group: a group of people who identify with a common national origin or cultural heritage that includes language‚ geographic roots‚ food
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In this article it explains the correlations between environmental issues and race. It says that environmental justice incorporates the principle of the right of all individuals to be protected from environmental degradation. the grassroots people are the only ones that took notice to the potential problem. That minorities are the impacted more by environmental pollution which can lead to mistreatment by the government. The equity has not been the same across the board putting minorities at risk
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Space Race can be defined as the international competition of aerospace exploration. The two major competitors being‚ the United States and Russia. The Space Race took place during a very heated era for both countries. The tensions were particularly high between these two rivals due to the Cold War. Both nations were determined to win the race no matter the costs or the numerous failures; the winner would gain a huge psychological victory. Although there were repercussions to the Space Race‚ the strong
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Scientific Race In the article Does Race Exist‚ A Proponents Perspective by George W. Gill‚ he talks about the different views of anthropologists and the biological anthropology community. He states that one half of the biological anthropology believe traditional views that races are biologically valid and real‚ while the other half believes that traditional racial categories for humankind are arbitrary and meaningless. That there are better ways to look at human variation than just by race. Gill
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Andrew Telleria Essay 1 (1/31/2013) During the American Civil War all the free white men of the southern confederacy had left their homes to fight the war. While the white male southerners were out fighting battles they left their family and homes with their slaves. During that time period there were no incidents of rape rather the slaves provided protection for their families. When the war ended all the slaves were free and became citizens of the United States. The white southerners did not
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The Space Race was important to U.S history because of the significance of the battle between democratic society and totalitarian communism‚ because it brought an end to the Cold War‚ and because it led into further joint ventures between the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia)‚ including the first space station. (http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/gal114.htm)) This 18 year long race between the two nations for international superiority via space and the transportation needed
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improve their medical science‚ prove that they were the “Master Race‚” and they also wanted to have better treatments for the personnel of the German Military. The experiments performed were often deadly‚ but the physicians didn’t care‚ and tested the prisoners anyway. Some of the many victims were Jews‚ Romans‚ and others‚ who never gave their consent. Following this further‚ the Nazi’s experiments were divided in three categories - Race Experiments‚ War Injury Related Experiments‚ and Medical Experiments
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The Space Race The United States and the Soviet Union thought it was a huge deal to be the first country to explore space. It was between 1957 and 1975 these two nations were determined to be the first to explore the unknown in space. What they were first trying to do was shoot these huge technologic metal things known as satellites into space so it will orbit the Earth like the Moon. They also they wanted to be the first country on the Moon as well. They made a huge deal out of this and were very
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Race vs. Ethnicity If we were to go out on the streets today and ask “what is the difference between race and ethnicity?”‚ most people would probably answer “I don’t know” or “ They are the same thing”. One of the most confused concepts of defining one another is the distinguishing of race and ethnicity. In the past‚ people either thought one was the other or there was simply no difference. Labeling people in the world is often done without proper knowledge and can lead to making a false accusation
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between individuals and groups. This distribution is not random‚ it is patterned and structured. Three important axes of global inequality are gender‚ race and ethnicity‚ and class. These inequalities are on a global scale and are found in virtually all societies. It wasn’t until relatively recently‚ however‚ that a caste system developed to include race and ethnicity among class and gender. Since imperialism and the conquest of the America’s‚ a number of social changes have occurred‚ and‚ as a result
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