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#19837 in Books Robert Wald Sussman 2016-03-14Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .75 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 067466003X384 pagesThe Myth of Race The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy nancyInteresting book30 of 33 people found the following review helpful. Every teacher and every student should be exposed to the ...By Jane ElliottEvery teacher and every student should be exposed to the facts in this book. It is time to give up the myth of race and to start raising a generation of people who know the truth. This isn't about a belief; it's about the truth.21 of 23 people found the following review helpful. Yes; racial categories are racist; socio-political constructsBy Dr DanFor those who say "race is obvious. First; the definition of race has changed over time; it is not static. If something is obvious; it will have consistency over time. The definition also varies across cultures. Again; it should be consistent. I do an exercise with my sociology class: Very short version. I wind up dividing them by "obvious" but characteristics hard to see at a distance: earlobe shape (dangly vs straight into jaw line); ring vs forefinger length; ability roll your tongue lengthwise; and some other traits just as equally genetic as skin color; or shape of nose; whatever. Any one of these traits and a host of other traits could be used to define us as a race. The dangly earlobe; tongue-roller; longer ring-finger people could be considered superior to those whose earlobes do not dangle. And of course they should be superior; because I am one of that race. We are superior to everyone else; don't you know? All of what we consider to be racial truth is a crock.
