EP 2: Race as a social construct: With guest Dr. Stephanie Meredith
In this episode, biological anthropologist, Dr Stephanie Meredith chats with us about race as a social construct and how even though it’s not a biological reality, the impacts of racial categorizations are still very, very real. We also delve into funny, strange and gobsmacking personal stories around racial perceptions.
Episode breakdown:
- The history of racial classifications and their arbitrary nature, based on physical traits
- The Human Genome Project's findings on genetic similarity
- How other species have a lot more genetic diversity than we do
- The history of the census, when it comes to racial categories and how they have changed
- The impacts and consequences of racial classification, i.e how people are treated and how their bodies move in the world - health, opportunity, experience.
- Why the government still needs race data
- Stories of Dr Stephanie Meredith’s dual heritage
- How other people perceive us when it comes to race
- Mixed race children paying less preferential attention to any one skin tone
Special Guest:
Dr. Stephanie Meredith , Ph.D.
Assistant professor, Anthropology College of the Canyons Chair, member and credentials Committee American association of Biological Anthropologists Website: www.stephanie-meredith.com Instagram: @dr.brachydactylLinks to resources:
Fatal invention by Dorothy Roberts
PBS Documentary Series: Race the Power of an Illusion
Current census
https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html
Census.gov - a comment on the current racial categories
Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom
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Hosts: Amy Maghera -Taub, Hanna-Lee Sakakibara
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