Economic anthropology

Institutional racism happens when an institution such as a school, business or government agency implements policies and procedures that result in different treatment between blacks and whites. Even though there is no intent, the outcome is racist. In other words, institutional racism is the practice of discrimination that is so in the fabric of the institution and its policies that the racism is invisible to that institution. According to Jocelyn Irby “ When we teach Huck Finn and we identify…

Culture is defined as the values, beliefs, attitude and practices accepted by members of a group or community. As a whole, team sports and each individual sport are their own type of culture in America that we all may or may not have taken apart in currently or growing up as kids. As it says in the text book for this class “Culture is learned, not inherited” people cannot inherit skills to play a sport they must be taught how to play the sport. With every sport there are different ways culture…

powerful examples to Parks” (Geis, Suzan-Lori Parks). Although they were primarily Caucasian, Suzan also focused on African-American authors and playwrights, such as Zora Neale Hurston, Adrienne Kennedy, and Ntozake Shange. Hurston’s career in anthropology and research in African mythology and vernacular peaked Parks’s fascination with mimicking Zora’s own work in saving and recycling history for herself. As a result, Suzan began using those same techniques to create and retell history while…

Cultural Identity is the combined values and characteristics that shape how an individual perceives themselves. An individual's role in society can be affected by how others perceive the individual based on the values associated with his or her cultural identity. As shown in A.S. King and Mireya Navarro’s writing, the cultural elements of social organization and customs and traditions affect an individual’s role in society. Customs and traditions affect how an individual and society interact…

Racism Racism: the hatred or intolerance of another race or races. Racism is a big problem in our society. People are very often doing things that are racist. When someone says or does something racist, they hurt more than just the people that the comment or act was aimed at. They hurt the relationship between both races as a whole. The more racism there is, the more different races will not tolerate each other, and the more racism there will be. Racism can apply to all races, it can hurt…

There are a multitude of technologies used by anthropologists to help them gain more knowledge on past populations. Once specific technology, known as stable isotope analysis, is frequently used in archeological investigations. This is because it is not too difficult to operate and the results provide an abundance of information, ready to analyze. Through the use of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis, anthropologists can conduct studies to provide anthropological insight on human…

How Sociological Context Affects Me Physiological, Geographical and Sociological are the three main factors that influence everyone. These factors have a huge impact in our daily lives. Some influence us more than others. Physiological is how you impact yourself without being influenced by anyone around you. Geographical is where you live for example when it is cold out you would choose to wear a jacket. Sociological is when you are impacted by your family and people around you. Sociological…

This essay discusses theories of racial differences put forth by James Beattie, Immanuel Kant, and Josiah Nott. Each of them addressed the issue of whether or not people of African descent were on the same level of development as other ethnic groups. Scientific Racism is a theory that explains the difference between races. In the context of Scientific Racism, James Beattie presented the best argument in support of black equality. In An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth [1771],…

In a UK progressively culturally diverse society, where various terms as culture, ethnicity and race have come across/encountered, it is relevant for nurses to be aware of how these may have an effect on their practice. According to Fernando (2010) culture is a set of presumptions, values, ideas, expectations, meanings, norms and practices which have been transmitted and acquired throughout generations. Moreover, culture can be identified according to age (adolescent culture), backgrounds…

ways and this subtle form of racism remains complex thus dangerous since it is real. Identity politics in which challenges such as racism, clannism, ethnicity and the like become pronounced find fertile ground in a society faced by scandalous socio-economic differentiations such as South Africa signifying the notion that “race is socially constructed along symbolic and material axes” (Anderson pp…