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EP 2: Race as a social construct: With guest Dr. Stephanie Meredith

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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.brachydactyl

     

    Links to resources:

    Fatal invention by Dorothy Roberts

    https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Invention-Dorothy-Roberts-2012-10-11/dp/B01K0SWV80/ref=sr_1_2?crid=9M4HXH7ZAQI0&keywords=fatal+invention+dorothy+roberts&qid=1696218513&sprefix=fatal+invention+%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-2

    PBS Documentary Series: Race the Power of an Illusion 

    https://vimeo.com/133506632?gclid=CjwKCAjwseSoBhBXEiwA9iZtxn4ex5XLBSvC1SjSQlwnZfLaepjbp8pyXw4zBGllLs0KLPQ0sT9xAhoCR9cQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

    Current census

    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html

    Census.gov - a comment on the current racial categories

    https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/note/US/RHI625222#:~:text=The%20racial%20categories%20included%20in,biologically%2C%20anthropologically%2C%20or%20genetically.

    Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom

    https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/nelson-mandela-quotes#:~:text=On%20love,human%20heart%20than%20its%20opposite.%E2%80%9D


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    Hosts: Amy Maghera -Taub, Hanna-Lee Sakakibara

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