Anthropology and the Study of Humanity Episode 6, Anthropology and the Question of Race Episode 6, Anthropology and the Question of Race.

Streaming video - 2017

Conclude this first unit on biological anthropology by unpacking the ambiguities around race, skin color, and biology. After reviewing the history of Social Darwinism, you'll see how Franz Boas and other 20th century anthropologists shifted our understanding of race to show how it is a cultural construct, independent of biology and geography.