Biological Factors In Anthropology

Race in Anthropology

The issue in this debate is whether there is a biological factor for races or is there an environmental construction for race. The issue of race is important in our society and in history of the United States there has always been racial conflicts and discrimination. This issue is still relevant today as minorities are still fights discrimination and racial hatred from the prejudice. Racial hatred groups exist in society to prove dominance over other racial groups. Racism is a huge issue in society because so much hatred and violence has happen because of racial prejudice. Racism has been a big topic as of late with police brutality and gang violence as particular race has been victim of police brutality and gang violence. I side that races can be distinguished by biological factors because there are biological differences between races and by understand those differences we know more of …show more content…
They have different cultures and languages. Biological there are differences between races as the bony traits of the human anatomy of different races show that there is more differences between races than skin. We determine race by skin but when you look at the findings in the reading they find that they were accurate about 80% and using different combinations resulted in higher percentages in midfacial measurements and other bone similarities. These are biological differences shown that bone forensic showing that there is more than just skin differences in races. Race does indeed exist with the bone factor but also blood-factor. Blood-factor frequencies are not shaped by climatic factors. As physical features are seen to be changed by forces of nature that are invalid in showing racial differences. Blood is a biological factor there is not climatic change that can alter the blood. The differences in the blood show the differences in biology proving that race can be determine by biological