2. Race has no genetic basis meaning when we say Africans have big ears that trait isn't singled out to just Africans.

3. Slavery predates race. Meaning through history we enslaved people due to conquest or war or maybe even due to religious differences, but in America slavery happened because of natural inferiority because they looked different or they talked different but throughout time they were psycologically made to believe that they themselves were inferior to the whites.

4. Human subspecies don't exist meaning there is no superior race or inferior race.

5. Skin color is only skin deep meaning when you dress a certain way, act a certain way, and even talk a certain way, but in the end you are still and always will be defined by the color of your skin.

6. As the race concept evolved, it justified extermination of Native Americans, exclustion of Asian immigrants, and taking Mexican lands. Racial practicies were institutionalized within government, laws, and society.

Important Vocabulary

1. Subspecies- is a category that ranks below a species

2. Predates-exist or occur at a date earlier than (something).

3. Biological - of or relating to biology or living organisms

4. Genetic Basis- The genes that are in your body

1. There are 4 major blood types; Type O, Type A, Type B, Type AB.

2. There are 4 major types of fingerprints; Loop, Whorl, Arch Tented Arch

3. Skin color is measured by looking inside of a person's arm.

4. There are 4 popular skin colors; Light, Medium light, Medium, Dark.

Important Vocabulary 1. Fingerprint- an impression or mark made on a surface by a person's fingertip.

2. Blood Type- The type of blood in your body

3. Skin Color- The color someone identifies themselves as

1. American ideas of race have changed significantly over time.

2. In 1705, Virginia defines and child, grand child, or great grand child of a Negro a mulatto.

3. Race hasn't always been define the same way, it changed over time. Like the years between 1680 and 2000(according to the timeline), being classified as white or anything else changed constantly.

4. For centuries, whites have benefited from exclusionary laws and policies, while other groups were barred from citizenship, denied opportunities, and restricted from full participation in American society.

5. Race hasn't always been with us. Ancient people didn't stigmatize physical difference, and our modern concept of race emerged out of specific historical circumstances.

6. Nonwhites have never passively accepted an inferior status. The fought for inclusion, fair treatment and equal rights, and in doing so, made America better for everyone.

Important Vocabulary

1. Mulatto - a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.

2. Evolution - the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form.

3. Equality - the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

4. Social Policy - Social policy is a term which is applied to various areas of policy, usually within a governmental or political setting. It can refer to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare.

2. Africa has the widest range and greatest diversity of skin color.

3. People in Spain, Algeria, and China have similar skin tone, yet traditionally think of them as different races.

4. People in southern India are as dark as many Africans. Skin color tends to correlate with sunlight and latitude, not "race".

5. Head size is thought to vary between "races", but people near India, Sweden, and South Africa have medium-sized heads, while people in northern England and western Africa have larger heads.

6. The width and shape of the nose is often considered a "racial" characteristic, but East Asia and southeast Asia are different. Germans tend to be more similar to Arabians than to Norwegians. 

Important Vocabulary

1. Physical Traits - Traits of our physical body.

2. Distributed - A term used to include every individual of the class which it refers.

3. Latitude - the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator.

4. Immigration - the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

1. Everyone that was interviewed except for white people had problems with other people because of their race.

2.The minorities that were interviewed complained about being treated "differently", for example, everyone expected for the Asian to be smart.

3. In 1995, the average white family had over 8 times the wealth of the average nonwhite family.

4. "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin

5. The idea of a melting pot in America was reserved for whites, the minorities weren't supposed to be put in they were supposed to be the wood that burns it.

6. John a. Powell said, "Race has been so important in terms of constructing identity that to be an American early on, really meant to be white.

There are people who believe that having race is a good thing, and lots of people believe other wise.

Important Vocabulary

1. Crucible - a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures

2. Melting Pot- Melts everything together.

3. Negro - Black person, Spanish color

4. Contraband - goods that have been imported or exported illegally

1. 1935 - Social Security Created 2. 1935 - Wagner Act legalizes collective bargaining and labor organizing.

3. 1930's-40's - Federal housing programs spur suburb growth

4.. 1949 - National Housing Act authorizes urban redevelopment

5. 1950's - 60's - Economic and housing boom

6.. 1960's - Fair housing laws passed

Important Vocabulary

1. Social Security - any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income

2. Wagner Act- The Wagner Act, or the National Labor Relations Act, was a New Deal reform passed by President Franklin Roosevelt on July 5, 1935. It was instrumental in preventing employers from interfering with workers' unions and protests in the private sector.

3. National Housing Act - ts purpose is to make credit more available to lenders for home repairs and construction and to make better housing available to low- and moderate-income families.

4. Fair housing laws - intended to protect the buyer/renter of a dwelling from seller/land lorddiscrimination.