The evolutionary approach argues that gender role division is a consequence of the adaptation to the challenges and circumstances faced by our ancestors. This suggests that the role differences we observe are more a product of our biological inheritance and evolution than social factors acting on our behavior. As evolutionary theory is a biological approach to gender development, it suggests that our genes have coded aspects of human behavior because they were or are adaptive. However a debate to this approach is the nature vs. nurture approach, nature supporting the evolutionary approach being that we have evolved through survival and adaptation to the situations and therefore passing on the adaptive genes of the survivors. Nurture on the other hand is a view, is a view proposed by the social approach suggesting that behavior is affected by socialization and environment.
Growing up, one learns that the Caucasian race is superior and the African American race is inferior. Consequently, scientists have tried to prove that race superiority is biological. Scientific findings of race are manipulated by sociopolitical factors (Marshall, 1993, p.118). Through numerous experiments and studies, scientists make facts to help people understand the world. The facts must be in accordance to the popular belief and be accepted by a large number of people; otherwise they will be regarded as controversial and phony.
Olivia Brice English 101 Ms. Hesse Racism Today People believe that racism is defined as the belief that there are characteristically and biologically different traits in the ‘human racial groups’ that justify discrimination. In Appiah’s essay he expresses how race is not a biologically different thing, but is instead a social concept or idea. Racism is what people call this social idea about race, and how it makes people differ from one another. At one point in history racism was very distinct and easy to spot, but by looking at an article from recent years we can see that racism still exists but is hidden and overlooked and that people are not considered to be racist, although they are. So what does it mean to be racist today?
Watson genuinely believes in a renewed eugenics, now scientifically accurate and technically powerful, and has laid out a logical, strategic framework for moving science and society in that direction. His viewpoint of eugenics is very strong and extremely controversial, but Watson believes we should practice this method because why have genetic problems if you don’t have to. Although Hitler also had a version of eugenics, Watson feels his is different due to the fact that no killing would be involved, just altering on the DNA strand. Watson feels his ideas would benefit society in many ways. Parents would be allowed to choose the DNA of their children.
Martin Luther King Jr. helped shape the society we live today and continues to have an influence on civil rights reforms today. Many philanthropic groups have formed to carry out the visions inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. such as The King Center, NAACP and the National Civil Rights Museum. I believe that Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement represented a positive social change on American society today. Without them, society today would not be what it is today; People would not be able to walk proud and live in peace and equality and be happy with who they were regardless of race. While I still feel that society has a long way to go in regards to discrimination of race I feel that we have also come a long way.
Eugenics The idea of eugenics is clearly an old world set of ideals that in hindsight are both absurd and naïve. What today we might consider a problem in society based on lack of opportunity, eugenicists would view as a continuance of bad genes being passed from generation to generation. According to these old world ideals factors such as race or race mixing contribute to these social blemishes. Early eugenicists sometimes defined race by physical appearance, language, or region of origin. In addition to physical or regional attributes, eugenicists would accompany their definitions of race through anthropometry, which is the measurement of body parts.
This proceeds with the question; what advancements are moral? I believe that any science, innovation, study, or sort of exploration must be morally just, intended to better our understanding of the world, and be created with intention to improve any part of society. For example, the formation of the first rocket ship was monumental in bringing exploration to the new frontier and impacted our society for the better. Therefore this invention would be considered moral and for positive advancement. On the contrary, the scientific creation of something such as the nuclear bomb could be considered scientific expansion for the worse as it can provide horrible outcomes and is lethal if put in the wrong hands; thus classified as
We are much more than the sum of our genes.” This display truly had me thinking that we are not so different after all. In fact we are all very much alike. Who we are is determined from our families and people we surround ourselves with. Thus, race is something that actually does not exist. But something we have made up.
When debates about multiculturalism breaks out, what usually comes to mind would be the how the Aboriginals and many ethnics faced the so called “Canadian Citizenship” dilemma. And in the article “Citizenship + Cultural Belonging”, Chariandy and McCall explicitly describes how many ethnics suffer due to their cultural background and the attempts of the predominantly white society diminishes their rights and culture. Which ironically, displays perfect examples of what cultural belonging is not about. Finally, Findlay and Köhler’s article “Too Asian”, is another perfect example of multiculturalism, as defined by Bennett, "in multiculturalism, because it depoliticizes or aestheticizes difference by emphasizing the cosmetic celebration of cultural diversity, rather than the socially transformative struggle against racism or white
Everybody has personal prejudices based on race and it is inevitable. To deny them would only result in you lying to yourself. Racism, discrimination, white privilege, and prejudices are very real and exist around us. The following paper will conclude the differences between Race, Racism, discrimination, white privilege, and prejudices and will give thorough explanations of what each word means in America’s society today. A solid start to understanding the differences is to understand what race is and the role it plays.