Contextual Research
Definitions
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RACE OR RACIAL GROUP- REFERS TO DIVIDING THE HUMAN SPECIES INTO GROUPS. THE MOST WIDELY USED HUMAN RACIAL TYPES ARE THOSE BASED ON VISUAL TRAITS (SUCH AS SKIN COLOUR, CRANIAL, FACIAL FEATURES, OR TYPE OF HAIR).
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CULTURE- IS AN UMBRELLA TERM WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND NORMS FOUND IN HUMAN SOCIETIES, AS WELL AS THE KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS, ARTS, LAWS, CUSTOMS, CAPABILITIES AND HABITS OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THESE GROUPS.
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ETHNICITY- THE FACT OR STATE OF BELONGING TO A SOCIAL GROUP THAT HAS A COMMON NATIONAL OR CULTURAL TRADITION. "THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND CLASS"
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HERITAGE- IS THE LEGACY OF PHYSICAL ARTIFACTS AND INTANGIBLE ATTRIBUTES OF A GROUP OR SOCIETY THAT IS INHERITED FROM PAST GENERATIONS.
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IDENTITY- THE FACT OF BEING WHO OR WHAT A PERSON OR THING IS.
Race and the significance of skin colour. what is race? is it real?
this video showed a range of different perspectives on the topic ' what is race'
" don't really see it as a real thing its kind of an artificial definition that was created to justify the institution of slavery and colonialism."
" i define it as just a different type of animals and humans are amongst those"
took me some time to understand this point but i agree with the statement that WE ARE THE HUMAN RACE AND ALL BEING ONE RACE.
"a biologically based identification of who you are"
in this case this person was relating race to how we identify. personally i think there many other attribute that make up a persons identity and race could be one of those.
american sociologist W.E.B Du Bois was concerned that " race was being used as a biological explanation for what he understands to be social and cultural differences between different populations of people.
" Race is a social construct without biological meaning."
'One Drop Rule'
The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States in the 20th century. It asserted that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan African ancestry ("one drop" of black blood) is considered black (Negro or colored in historical terms).This concept became codified into the law of some states in the early 20th century. It was associated with the principle of "invisible blackness" that developed after the long history of racial interaction in the South, which had included the hardening of slavery as a racial caste and later segregation. It is an example of hypodescent, the automatic assignment of children of a mixed union between different socioeconomic or ethnic groups to the group with the lower status, regardless of proportion of ancestry in different groups.
Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh‘s tastefully done rendition of Obama, which was showcased in Washington DC for the ManifestHope:DC art exhibition. It is entitled “Colors of One'
oil painting represents the complexity of the black/white mixed-race identity and the disturbing invention of the ‘one-drop rule’;.
http://furiousandbrave.blogspot.com/2014/06/pure-black.html
'The Grey Area' by Dom Culverwell
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