Essays on Race

Race is a complex concept to discuss. Often, when people bring it up, they might wonder if race is real and what exactly race is. According to the textbook Essentials of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age by Kenneth J. Guest, “anthropologists view race as a framework of categories created to divide the…

Race does not singularly impact any one person specific actions, however the stigmas and stereotypes put on to them through society can lead to certain mindsets to be fulfilled. People of color are put into a bubble where we can see violent victimization occurring within our lives. For the purpose of this essay and consistency…

At first glance, race is a natural concept, meaning people are born labeled with a race. It seems unnatural to think race does not exist because in our daily lives, there are physical differences in appearances and cultures. In Ian Haney Lopez’s book White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race, Lopez argues that race…

White supremacists are drinking milk to prove that a unique gene, which allows people to consume milk in adulthood, is more prominent in people who are of European descent. “‘Enter the Milk Zone,’” an account on social media, posted a scientific article that states that five thousand years ago, Europeans went through a genetic mutation…

The Long-Distance Race and Its Sad End Dipesh Pokharel 2/11/2019 1080 Words In this essay by Charles P. Pierce “The Marathon” Pierce is trying to explain the race and the aftermath of the incident that happened in the Boston Marathon. In the beginning of the essay Pierce presents the background or the images of the…

Science shows that there’s no biological bias for race- at a genetic level, skin color is just another phenotype that has no effect on personality, intelligence, or behavior. And yet, western culture continues to divide and categorize people, sorting them into races and classifying them based on the color of their skin. Looking at race…

Race is often a topic people are afraid to mention in day-to-day conversation. Apprehension of offending someone and lack of knowledge hinders normal conversation. Race has become harder to define as United States families are ever changing. Critical race theory brings an understanding of race, necessary to bridge the gap of inequality. Race can be…

Race and power have been two concepts that are interrelated in a different perspective. Depending on the community one comes from the relationship can be either positive or negative. A positive relationship is exhibited when one belongs to the race that is favored such as the majority group while a negative relationship is presented by…

The existence of racial inequality in the United States is exposed to many who are affected negatively in their income. While there is a general consensus among research that nonwhite individuals with a bachelor’s degree are exposed to discrimination influences on their earnings, gaps in past literature and datable methodology leaves much to be anticipated….

For the past several weeks, we have been discussing the idea of race in my introduction to cultural anthropology class. We have talked about multiple different topics within the category of race, including: the connection between human variation and race, the idea of “whiteness”, and the history of race in American society. We watched three…