Ahmed Ismail
Cultural Anthropology 1010002
Rocio Gil Martinez de Escobar
September 22nd, 2016
“Race”
To many, race is simply a conceptual categorizer in which all humans are placed in based on physical traits such as hair type, skin color, etc. Race is the social construct paved on lies that makes many believe we are not the same. Race is founded by logical fallacies and is supported by biological discrepancies. Subconsciously, it segregates the people whom don’t take the time to educated themselves about their faulty ideologies. Ultimately, we the people created the term race based off of a lacking database.
If we look different, then our DNA must be different too, right? That is not the case. If anything, our race has the highest levels …show more content…
When Jesse Owens won his 4 Olympic gold medals around 1936, ethnocentric individuals such as Dean Cromwell aimed to tarnish Owens’ achievements by stating that he was “closer to the primitive…it was not so long ago that his ability to sprint and jump was a life and death matter to him in the jungle." If by being in the jungle he meant life during the centuries of hardship people of color had to go through, then he would technically be right. The awfully harsh environment they had to live through, where millions died because they couldn’t live through that hell for any longer. Scientifically speaking, “natural” selection occurred during that era. The few who were able to survive due to variables such as favorable genes and complementary gene mutations were able to continue and reproduce, bringing greater chances of survival for generations to come. I placed a quote on the term natural because there was nothing natural about this forced selection.
Personally, my experience with race are not as severe as they could be due to my lighter skin color and facial structure. The only time I experience race in any form is when the person identifies my name. This stereotypical name connects me back to the race in which they had not 100% verified
Cultural Anthropology 1010002
Rocio Gil Martinez de Escobar
September 22nd, 2016
“Race”
To many, race is simply a conceptual categorizer in which all humans are placed in based on physical traits such as hair type, skin color, etc. Race is the social construct paved on lies that makes many believe we are not the same. Race is founded by logical fallacies and is supported by biological discrepancies. Subconsciously, it segregates the people whom don’t take the time to educated themselves about their faulty ideologies. Ultimately, we the people created the term race based off of a lacking database.
If we look different, then our DNA must be different too, right? That is not the case. If anything, our race has the highest levels …show more content…
When Jesse Owens won his 4 Olympic gold medals around 1936, ethnocentric individuals such as Dean Cromwell aimed to tarnish Owens’ achievements by stating that he was “closer to the primitive…it was not so long ago that his ability to sprint and jump was a life and death matter to him in the jungle." If by being in the jungle he meant life during the centuries of hardship people of color had to go through, then he would technically be right. The awfully harsh environment they had to live through, where millions died because they couldn’t live through that hell for any longer. Scientifically speaking, “natural” selection occurred during that era. The few who were able to survive due to variables such as favorable genes and complementary gene mutations were able to continue and reproduce, bringing greater chances of survival for generations to come. I placed a quote on the term natural because there was nothing natural about this forced selection.
Personally, my experience with race are not as severe as they could be due to my lighter skin color and facial structure. The only time I experience race in any form is when the person identifies my name. This stereotypical name connects me back to the race in which they had not 100% verified