Read and Discuss. AAA Statement on Race
American Anthropological Association (the AAA) is the the foremost professional association of Anthropologists in the USA with over 5,000 members.
Assignment:
Read the AAA Statement on Race
Post your 75+ word reply to the following discussion questions:
Why do you think the AAA felt the need to publicize a statement on race? Think of the discussion in the “Invention of Race” as you reply to this question. Why do you think it took until 1998 for the American Anthropological Association to publish a statement on race?
This statement is over 20 years old now. Do you think that this statement needs to be updated? Have our ways of thinking about race changed since this statement was published? Have new concerns arisen around race since this statement was published? Is there anything you would delete from or add to this statement?
Read and Discuss. Body weight
Purpose: To think about the ways that society influences the way that you think and alter your body.
Assignment: Read the article, respond to the questions and a peer.
#1) Read the article that is excerpted below.—- The World Hates Fat People
#2) A substantive discussion post. Use these questions to get you thinking:
Given what you know about how people perceive and interpret bodies in a social context, do you feel that public health efforts to promote a “healthy weight” are helpful are harmful to people who are trying to lose weight.
Do you feel American values of weight and the body have been exported to other countries? What impact has that had on those communities?
Is it possible that Americans will alter their views about weight? What will it take for us to be more accepting of ourselves and others?
#3) Reply to one peer with a substantive comment.
Think and Discuss. Rachael Dolezal
Purpose: To think about the cultural and biological aspects of race, and to consider Dolezal’s perspective that race can be transcended.
Assignment: Respond to these questions below by sharing your opinion in the format of a paragraph (3-5 sentences). Then respond to one peer comment. To learn more about Dolezal, see links below.
Watch and Respond. “The Third Sex”
Purpose: Watch this film to see and understand various different form of gender around the world.
Assignment: Watch the film and answer the questions below.
What is the difference between sex and gender?
What role does gender play in the social and religious organization of societies? Think about the example of the Hijra – how do their beliefs help explain their experience as neither men nor women?
Are the Sworn Virgins of Albania a true “Third Gender”? If so, what attributes make them so? If not, why not?
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