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Anthro 201
test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was “Behind the Gates” by Siena Low about? | Gated communities and the increase in patterns of segregation. Also talks about “nonracist-racism.” |
| Describe Ecuador. | 70% of population is below the poverty line and there are extreme racial/ethnic disparities. |
| Why was the 1990’s considered the “Indigenous Decade”? | Because throughout the decade, things such as land rights, bilingual education, indigenous political party and constitutional rights were enforced. |
| Explain the “one drop” theory. | If you have one drop of x blood, then you are x. |
| People used to believe that what race would eventually “die out”? | African Americans. |
| How did Native Americans use lineage to ancestors to determine who could access their territory? | In order to classify you had to be ¼ or ½ native. In other words, your grandparents or parent had to be full blooded. |
| What race was not legally codified and socially fragmented until the 20th century? | Euro-Americans. |
| Why is race culturally not biologically created? | Because there is no scientific way of dividing the human species into “sub |
| Races are derived from ___ rather than ___. | societies; scientific classification. |
| What is race? | the cultural meaning that we attach to the physical difference/visible differences in human beings. |
| What did Franz Boaz do about race? | He set off to disprove dominant ideas of racial inequality. |
| What is phrenology? | Bad science; measured brain and numbered parts of it which would tell you who was a criminal. |
| What is Eugenics? | people breading; made sure the less healthy people didn’t contribute to the overall gene pool. |
| What was the Handbook of American Indian Language? | It was the first book that wrote out all basics of American Indian language. |
| According to Weismantel, what makes one white and what makes one black? | white privilege; oppression. |
| What does Degollador mean and what does it relate to? | It describes killing by decapitating or the cutting of the jugular vein; relates the the nakaq & the butchering of Indians. |
| What was pishtaco “equipped” with? | A title of importance, such as a priest, monk, engineer or military officer. |
| In Weismantel’s article, what is the importance of fat? | The citizens believed that fat did absolutely everything and was used for absolutely everything. |
| In Weismantel’s article, what does the nakaq do with the butchered indian fat? | Sell it. |
| What is a nakaq and what does one look like? | A white foreigner, really tall with a big body. |
| Describe race in Brazil. | Racial definitions are more fluid; most of the population identifies as parado (mixed) |
| Describe Kottak’s “race” study. | Done in Brazil; 100 people were shown 3 different photos which consisted of 3 sisters and were asked to identify their race. Only 6 people identified them as the same race. |
| How does race function in Brazil? | Based on a broad continuum; you base others on the continuum and then identify yourself on the continuum. |
| What country has one of the largest histories of white populations controlling power? | Brazil. |
| What is mixing and clashing? | Tension because one’s race is being planted into another race. |
| How does racial segregation at colleges work in Brazil? | The government has a board which decides (based on a photo id) which students are dark enough to qualify for the 20% of dark students allowed in. |
| What is the Bell Curve of 1994’s central argument? | Intelligence is substantially influenced by both inherited and the environmental factors and is a better predictor of many personal dynamics rather than an individual’s parental socioeconomic status or education level. |
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