Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Human identity

Human Identity


Latisha Amaker 
9/21/2016
In the film Race: “The power of illusion” episode 1  microbiologist Pillar Ossorio commented “ There as much or more diversity and genetic differences within any racial group as there is between people of different racial groups”. In the film we noticed the relationship between race as a sociological concept by the demonstration that was given when the students.  There are no genetic markers that define race.  By taking a genetic sample to find similarities and differences it was shown that mitochondrion DNA shows similarities and differences between the group and individuals.  Genetically we aren’t really different from one another according to (page 2 in Race & racisms a Critical approach by Tonya Maria GolashBoza) She states “ although we know that there is physical difference between people it is not enough to say that we belong in different racial groups. Scientist have tried to find a biological compound to determine what race was by examining the human body. (Skulls, face structure, feet, hands eyes in different races to compare if any similarities were found of the human race such as but yet this was not enough. 
For many years society has used the physical appearance to define what is race, and what makes people different?   We know that race is not based on biological difference between one another but a way to view people on an individual level. We categorize people in a class of race based off their cultural, physical abilities, body shapes, etc as mention in “Race and Racism race is categories can also be associated with their ancestors, decent and phenotypes with cultural and moral attributes.  We know that race is what concepts are used to define race?  Comparing phenotypes skin tones, facial structure, eye shapes, hair textures, body shapes and characteristics traits are some and still some of the ways people use to differentiate racial groups.  


In a New York Times article 9/6/2016 “Race and Racial identity are social constructs” By Angela Onwauachi – Willie “Race is not biological. It is a social construct. There is no gene or cluster of genes common to all blacks or all whites. Were race “real” in the genetic sense, racial classifications for individuals would remain constant across boundaries” She mentions a person that can be classified as one race in the United States can be looked differently in another part of the world. An example of this is when we were in class and Professor Lewis- McCoy mentioned that he was a white male. Because our theory on what a white male should look like base on what society has made us to believe strongly show that races has not been define. To be fair we can generally state because there is not scientific difference race is a social concept which allows us to continue to categorize people into groups which is used today generation for government purposes, employment schools land housing living. 
The Huffing Post posted an article 2/9/2016 What Scientists Mean When They Say ‘Race’ Is Not Genetic” – Michael Yudell he also discussed why the genetic factors were irrelevant when it came to race similar to  Angela  Onwauachi – Willie. It was only a way to distinguish the difference in people.  In the 1930 and 40’s when interracial relationship were forbidden. There was no way to measure race except from what people saw. What seems to be white was white, what looks to be black/ Negro was Negro same with Native Americans.
I identify myself as mixed. My mother is Puerto Rican and my dad is African American. I enjoy the cultural difference between the two however I do believe that anyone who is of a Hispanic background is also and can be considered Black.  I enjoy the food the music of both backgrounds however growing up I find it to all be the same.  The instruments used in music to the food that we eat, is all the same it’s just the spices that are used that makes it taste different. Consider the spices as genes we all have different genes but are still biologically the same in some way. Even growing up and meeting many people from across the world and experiencing different cultures some of our stories are  the same yet the cultural difference is what really makes us different. 



Works Cited

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8MS6zubIaQ&list=PLt6nX4f8WjdWgeomQQ3oLzVH5EoahlcQBanya Maria Golash-Boza
Race & racisms a Critical approach by Tonya Maria GolashBoza



1 comment:

  1. I like your idea of talking about how race is currently affecting us. I also very much like what you said about your racial identity and how you compared it to spices, very clever. I do believe you answered the question, but there are several things that need to be fixed:

    - You need to fix the font/size of the writing (Times New Roman, size 12)
    - The images aren't showing, so I'm not sure what they are.
    - One of the in-text citations was incorrect "(page 2 in Race & racisms a Critical approach by Tonya Maria Golash- Boza)"
    - There is also several grammatical errors and incomplete sentences. Try rereading your blog and fix what you see. (Ex. "...demonstration that was given when the students." "Were race “real” in the genetic sense...")
    - You also have places where there is wrong punctuation or no punctuation.
    - There are places where there is no end quotation or end parenthesis.
    -There are places where you have an extra space between a punctuation and the beginning of a sentence. (Ex. "...and what makes people different? We know that race is not..)
    - One of the URLs you used is written in bold. You also need the correct citation of the book.
    - And you need the correct citations of the scholarly articles rather than the URL of them. You would also need one more URL. (2 scholarly articles and 2 URLs)

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