...Abdullah Alyami Tammy Henderson AFST 100 5 Feb 2014 Critical Response The two clips seek to explain the concept of racism through experiments done to identify any differences in the genetic makeup of persons of different races and those of similar races. The scientist on the clip carried out the experiment by taking samples of blood from people from diverse races to assess their genetic makeup. The result of the experiment was that the differences in the genetic makeup of any two or more people were not as a result of racial differences. The experiments found out that people of different races were genetically different from one another just as they were from the people of their race. The differences in the genetic makeup of people, therefore, were as a result of geographical differences in the locations where people stayed as well as other aspects such as socio-cultural closeness. Skin color is only as deep as the skin itself and does not play a role in influencing the genetic makeup of an individual. In fact, the experiment discovered that 85% of differences among human beings exist in an intra-racial scope rather than outside of the race. The experiments have a major significance on the understanding of the concept of race. Having no bearing on the genetic makeup of human beings, race exists as a social concept that was constructed in the modern times. Racists use this concept to get a reason for treating those of other races unfairly and as inferior...
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...Alexandra Edwards March 6, 2015 AFST 397 Midterm The significance of Leslie Marmon Silko’s poem “A Long Time Ago” lies within the story told by the mysterious witch. The witch predicts the coming of the Spanish and the death and destruction that would come from their arrival. She defined certain characteristics of the Spanish such as how they viewed the earth as “dead”, taking as much as possible from it without giving back, and how violence was a direct response to fear. The story that this witch told was viewed as a curse on the pueblos that could not be defied. Oral tradition was a way of preserving history in pueblo tribes and this story was passed down a warning to future generations. The racial diversity of Spain as described by Martha...
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