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How Real Is Race? A Sourcebook on Race, Culture, and Biology

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ISBN-10: 1578865611

ISBN-13: 9781578865611

Edition: 2007

Authors: Rosemary Henze, Yolanda T. Moses, Carol C. Mukhopadhyay, James A. Banks, Carol C. Mukhopadhyay

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How Real is Race? brings together biological and cultural information to help people make sense of the contradictory messages about race in the U.S. and elsewhere. How real is race? Or rather, in what sense is race real? What is biological fact and fiction? Where does culture enter? And what does it really mean to say that race is a social construction? If race is an invention, who invented it? Why? For what ends? And can we eliminate it if we wish to? These are the key questions that frame this book. With accessible, clear language and suggested teaching activities in every chapter, it is designed as a sourcebook for anyone interested in addressing the quest
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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Publication date: 1/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

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Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
The Fallacy of Race as Biology
Introduction to Part 1
Why Contemporary Races Are Not Scientifically Valid
Human Biological Variation: What We Don't See
If Not Race, How Do We Explain Biological Differences?
More Alike Than Different, More Different Than Alike
Culture Creates Race
Introduction to Part 2
Culture Shapes How We Experience Reality
Culture and Classification: Race Is Culturally Real
Race and Inequality: Race as a Social Invention to Achieve Certain Goals
Cross-Cultural Overview of Race
If Race Doesn't Exist, What Are We Seeing? Sex, Mating, and Race
Race and Hot-Button Issues in Schools
Introduction to Part 3
Assemblies, Clubs, Slurs, and Racial Labels
The Academic Achievement Gap and Equity
Racial and Racialized Conflicts
Interracial Flirting and Dating in Schools
Resources
References
Alignment with Standards
List of Teaching Activities
Illustrations List
Index
About the Authors