Explain and evaluate the claim that race is a historical and social construction. Describe the role scientists have played in developing as well as dismantling the idea of race as biologically rooted. Then, reflect on how this evidence affects how you think of your own racial identity.

Read the first chapter of Race and Racisms; the essay “There is No Such Thing as Race,” posted online here:
http://www.newsweek.com/there-no-such-thing-race-283123
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and “What is Race,” posted here: https://thenib.com/what-is-race?t=default
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Write a one-page essay (250 to 350 words) that answers each of these questions.
Explain and evaluate the claim that race is a historical and social construction. Describe the role scientists have played in developing as well as dismantling the idea of race as biologically rooted. Then, reflect on how this evidence affects how you think of your own racial identity.
Cite all four of these sources and use evidence from these sources in your essay:
Golash-Boza, Tanya. 2017. Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press
Golash Boza Chapter 1 The Origin of the idea of Race.pdf
Sussman, Robert Wald. 2014. “There is No Such Thing as Race” http://www.newsweek.com/there-no-such-thing-race-283123
(Links to an external site.)
Taylor, Whit. 2017. “What is Race?” https://thenib.com/what-is-race?t=default
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California News Reel 2003 (documentary – Race: The Power of an Illusion)

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