Skull Wars and explore the American Anthropological

Skull Wars and explore the American Anthropological

Subject: History    / General History
Question
Read Chapter 11 inSkull Wars and explore the American Anthropological Association’s website on race and racism, and then answer the following questions in a few paragraphs each:

1. Explain why most anthropologists (and other scientists) do not regard “race” as a meaningful biological category, providing at least TWO reasons drawn from the week’s materials.

2. If race as biology is fiction, then does that mean that racism isn’t really a social problem? Explain

3. Explain what the “Myth of Race” has to do with the controversy over the Kennewick Man.