Race in Human Variation
The Concept of Race
In the eighteenth century, the concept of race depended on several ideas about the environmental influences, culture and human nature. Some researchers believed that the concept of race does not illustrate human diversity. They argue that the focus was more on culture as influenced by environment. Social scientists perceived race as a way of classifying people on the basis of many kinds of differences such as gender, cultural behavior, origin and others (Wade 3).
Most Americans believe that race is based on genetics. Scientifically, race is in our genetic material, it is certain and biologically universal. However, these facts seem to pose a different perspective simply because people are different. …show more content…
These evident features are found out to be more variations from the shape, size and functions of the human body’s internal organs compared to changes in the molecular chemical structures such as DNA and proteins. Race does not certainly explain why one is good a specific activity such as a coach who is good at coaching and the other who is good at playing basketball. The racial traits like hair texture and color are also parts of the human variation. How it came about through evolution and history is not related to racial types of human. These traits are not indicators of race but wonders of evolution (Goodman et al 94). Accordingly, in order to understand how appearance forms in racial thinking, we have to better understand the specific histories that are generally based on human encounters involving domination, power, conquest and subordination (Wade 7). The subject of appearance indicates a lot of issues in terms of heredity, nature and biology that are highly considerably complex concepts that illustrates various meanings. Moreover, physical appearance does not portray a vital role in identifying caste status which means that physical appearance can be difficult to pose a clear criterion (Wade …show more content…
Race has always been related to the set of views, predictions and dispositions that concerns culture tied to blood, color and behavior (Wade 5). One genetic marker of Race is phenotypes or often refers to physical appearances. It is the measurable result of genes and environment that is likely to vary by location. Some elements of phenotype like skin color tend to change with geography. Human variation was considered race that explains differences. The study of Goodman et al (97) concludes that the idea of race insufficiently explains human biological information as manifested in the five key reasons why race is not equal to human
The Concept of Race
In the eighteenth century, the concept of race depended on several ideas about the environmental influences, culture and human nature. Some researchers believed that the concept of race does not illustrate human diversity. They argue that the focus was more on culture as influenced by environment. Social scientists perceived race as a way of classifying people on the basis of many kinds of differences such as gender, cultural behavior, origin and others (Wade 3).
Most Americans believe that race is based on genetics. Scientifically, race is in our genetic material, it is certain and biologically universal. However, these facts seem to pose a different perspective simply because people are different. …show more content…
These evident features are found out to be more variations from the shape, size and functions of the human body’s internal organs compared to changes in the molecular chemical structures such as DNA and proteins. Race does not certainly explain why one is good a specific activity such as a coach who is good at coaching and the other who is good at playing basketball. The racial traits like hair texture and color are also parts of the human variation. How it came about through evolution and history is not related to racial types of human. These traits are not indicators of race but wonders of evolution (Goodman et al 94). Accordingly, in order to understand how appearance forms in racial thinking, we have to better understand the specific histories that are generally based on human encounters involving domination, power, conquest and subordination (Wade 7). The subject of appearance indicates a lot of issues in terms of heredity, nature and biology that are highly considerably complex concepts that illustrates various meanings. Moreover, physical appearance does not portray a vital role in identifying caste status which means that physical appearance can be difficult to pose a clear criterion (Wade …show more content…
Race has always been related to the set of views, predictions and dispositions that concerns culture tied to blood, color and behavior (Wade 5). One genetic marker of Race is phenotypes or often refers to physical appearances. It is the measurable result of genes and environment that is likely to vary by location. Some elements of phenotype like skin color tend to change with geography. Human variation was considered race that explains differences. The study of Goodman et al (97) concludes that the idea of race insufficiently explains human biological information as manifested in the five key reasons why race is not equal to human