Race is a social construction created by White European men because there is no biological evidence to support the idea that one race is superior to another, therefore, giving them permission to dominate all non-Europeans and as a result improving their economic stance. There is not one clear definition of race. It exists as a social construction that was later adapted by many cultures in order to survive and thrive in what is present day America. Soya Jung defines race as an idea created by white men that classifies people into categories in order to justify contradicting ideas of freedom and slavery. Jung elaborates by saying that despite there being no scientific proof that race exists, men have created the idea of race and categorized
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One cannot go into an individual 's DNA and pull out the exact gene that classifies one as White, Black, Mexican or any other race. However, in the 19th century came the rise of Scientific racism. Tests such as carniometery were performed by Samuel George Morton and later reanalyzed by Jay Gould in an attempt to prove the alleged superiority of White European men. In the 1820s Morton decided to take the skulls of Blacks and Whites and compare them in size. He came to the conclusion that White men had bigger brains and were therefore more intelligent and the superior race . Upon reanalyzing Morton 's studies Gould found that his work was very sporadic. Morton sampled skulls that favored his hypothesis, taking of all different age groups and sex. This rendered his studies inconclusive. Pseudo scientific techniques became more popular with the increase immigration of Europeans to the United States. Upon entering the country intelligence tests, created by Albert Binet, were administered in order to distinguish which was the optimal race. Albert Binet had originally created these tests in order to figure out which fields students needed the most help in. Test were unfair to the immigrants due to the fact that the immigrants were completely unfamiliar with the culture and the language of the country. Nevertheless American scientists gave great validity to the test. Later in the 1900s and up until the 1930s there was an up rise of the Eugenics movement which "promoted the idea that not only intelligence but also alcoholism, laziness, crime, poverty, and other moral and cultural traits could be inherited." None of these traits could actually be tested scientifically to prove that they could be passed down genetically, yet it still had a negative impact on the way other races, mostly Blacks, were viewed. The movement led to major selective breeding in the American race in an attempt for sterilization. They wanted to keep the American race
One cannot go into an individual 's DNA and pull out the exact gene that classifies one as White, Black, Mexican or any other race. However, in the 19th century came the rise of Scientific racism. Tests such as carniometery were performed by Samuel George Morton and later reanalyzed by Jay Gould in an attempt to prove the alleged superiority of White European men. In the 1820s Morton decided to take the skulls of Blacks and Whites and compare them in size. He came to the conclusion that White men had bigger brains and were therefore more intelligent and the superior race . Upon reanalyzing Morton 's studies Gould found that his work was very sporadic. Morton sampled skulls that favored his hypothesis, taking of all different age groups and sex. This rendered his studies inconclusive. Pseudo scientific techniques became more popular with the increase immigration of Europeans to the United States. Upon entering the country intelligence tests, created by Albert Binet, were administered in order to distinguish which was the optimal race. Albert Binet had originally created these tests in order to figure out which fields students needed the most help in. Test were unfair to the immigrants due to the fact that the immigrants were completely unfamiliar with the culture and the language of the country. Nevertheless American scientists gave great validity to the test. Later in the 1900s and up until the 1930s there was an up rise of the Eugenics movement which "promoted the idea that not only intelligence but also alcoholism, laziness, crime, poverty, and other moral and cultural traits could be inherited." None of these traits could actually be tested scientifically to prove that they could be passed down genetically, yet it still had a negative impact on the way other races, mostly Blacks, were viewed. The movement led to major selective breeding in the American race in an attempt for sterilization. They wanted to keep the American race