1. Racial, Social and Biological Constructs
The American Anthropological Association statement on race (1998) states that the concept of race was a social system created as a means of referring to populations brought together during the 18th century in colonial America. The variations of physical appearance of these populations was used to determine their race. During the 19th century the use of these differences amongst races reached its greatest divide where it was argued that Africans, Indians and Europeans were of different species (American Anthropological Association, 1998). ... With this, as stated in the American anthropologica...
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