Gender And Race Analysis

Race, Gender, and Science in the Atlantic World is by far one of the most intriguing and diverse courses I have ever taken. The course did not change much of my views on the role of races in other regions in the Atlantic. I have learned a lot from the numerous articles and short videos, but many of the topics that were covered were situations and issues I was already familiar with. I have always felt as if gender and race played an important role in a person’s life. Race and sex can affect a person’s life in many aspects especially personally and politically. An example of this is the article Darwin’s Athletes: How Sports had Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race written by John Hoberman discussing the notions that African American males are more athletic than …show more content…
It is true that African American individuals tend to have coarse and thicker hair than their counterparts, and many people believe that if they have an interracial child with a black parent that their hair will have these characteristics. This assumption is not factual at all. Even if a child is mulatto or 100 percent black it does not mean that his or her hair will be coarse. In fact, hair texture is dependent on genes. Someone’s ethnicity cannot solely determine the texture or curl pattern of their hair. After reading the exposition The Black Man by Burmeister he describes many characteristics of the negro people. For instance, he would talk about the African American’s nose. Science studies confirms that black people in fact have broad and rounder nasal cavity than Europeans. He also mentions that the cavity of the skull of black people is smaller than that of the Europeans. Also, African Americans have a larger face and mouth opening. White women have the thickest skulls and White men the thinnest skulls. The skulls of women are thicker than those of men in both ethnic groups. These assumptions are all scientifically proven. Not only has science