Race is the term that divides people of color and whites. People have for many years discussed the differences but not the similarities. There have been scientist that have showed and proved to us that there is no a biological difference between us and that we are all the same, from the way our body all have the same organs to the same set up of bones.
“Racial formation as the sociohistorical process by which racial categories are created, lived out, transformed and destroyed” (omi and winant 93)
Race will always be the first thing a person will try to assume and then from there slowly place you in a category, which i find there should be no reason because there is not differences between us only the pigment of our skins. As many scientist in the past have done so many experiments trying to come up with an answer that show that its biological, from measuring skulls and brains, treating people of color as animals for their scientific experiments all to come back and prove that there was no difference from a white.
As we watched in the episode “Race: the power of an illusion” the students did an DNA analysis and were told to pick the person that they believed shared more similarities and many of them picked the person that looked more similar to them, and the results showed that there was not many similarities which comes back to the fact that race is more of a sociological term then biology based.
I believe that anyone would think that race was a biological term and idea because since very little we were taught that there is different races even when we fill out forms they ask us what our race is, but as I keep thinking about it I think that there shouldn't be a little bubble in answer for that because we are all one. there should be one answer to that and it should be humane beings Work cited
RACE: The Power Of An Illusion - Episode 1: The Difference Between Us (PBS Documentary). Retrieved September 19, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7_YHur3G9g
Omi, M., & Winant, H. (1994). Racial formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990s (3RD ed.). New York: Routledge.
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Overall good blog post, Title is suitable for the assigned assessment.
ReplyDeleteHowever not all the requirements have been met. Missing photo, external links, and outside academic sources that haven't been assigned for classroom reading.
I do believe the argument your presenting would be stronger with more information and quotation of textual evidence from the film as well as the external requirements that are missing.
There is some unclear choice of words and sentence structure, but your post has valuable points and many interesting insights that express the topic.
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ReplyDeleteGood day Melissa.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nashalie. Additionally, remember to include your racial identity and how do you usually think of yourself in regards to that racial identity. Last, based on the evidenced discussed in the film and literature, how does it affect your view of race in general.
You're on a great start.
Hi Melissa,
ReplyDeleteThough your ideas were a bit scattered, I found that you had very valid points. The video we saw in class really stood out to me the most when referring back to our genealogy. Some key elements were missing as mentioned by our other classmates, but I believe this is a learning experience and we can only get better with practice.