Science and Race: History, Use, and Abuse
Each Science and Race class features a panel of four to six experts, with questions led by moderators (including from public radio WHYY and African American talk radio WURD). Discussions on race are presented through the lenses of anthropology, biology, genetics, sociology, philosophy, and law. With each session, students engage in collection workshops featuring the Museum’s renowned Samuel Morton collection of more than 1,000 human crania collected from around the world in the 1800s.
Length: 12:38
Public Classroom 2: Biomedicine and Race - Vocabulary
From molecules to pharmacogenetics, race has made its way into medical practice. Discussions surround how, or if, racial differences contribute to disease susceptibility within biomedical practice. Speakers include Martha Farah, Ph.D. John L. Jackson...
Length: 32:45
Public Classroom 2: Biomedicine and Race - Lecture
From molecules to pharmacogenetics, race has made its way into medical practice. Discussions surround how, or if, racial differences contribute to disease susceptibility within biomedical practice. Speakers include Martha Farah, Ph.D. John L. Jackson...
Length: 1:11:12
Public Classroom 2: Biomedicine and Race - Panel Discussion
From molecules to pharmacogenetics, race has made its way into medical practice. Discussions surround how, or if, racial differences contribute to disease susceptibility within biomedical practice. Speakers include Martha Farah, Ph.D. John L. Jackson...
Length: 10:28
Public Classroom 3: Genetics and Race - Vocabulary
Race has no genetic basis. Not one characteristic, trait, or gene distinguishes all the members of one society from another. Yet, discussions of genes and race have come to the forefront of discussions of the origin of modern human diversity. Public ...
Length: 38:10
Public Classroom 3: Genetics and Race - Lecture
Race has no genetic basis. Not one characteristic, trait, or gene distinguishes all the members of one society from another. Yet, discussions of genes and race have come to the forefront of discussions of the origin of modern human diversity. Public ...
Length: 1:20:10
Public Classroom 3: Genetics and Race - Panel Discussion
Race has no genetic basis. Not one characteristic, trait, or gene distinguishes all the members of one society from another. Yet, discussions of genes and race have come to the forefront of discussions of the origin of modern human diversity. Public ...
Length: 14:47
Public Classroom 4: Geography, Culture, and Race - Vocabulary
Where some natural scientists posit that human population differences are geographically patterned and the product of evolutionary process, social scientists have emphasized the historical political, economic, and social relationships that form and t...
Length: 34:56
Public Classroom 4: Geography, Culture, and Race - Lecture
Where some natural scientists posit that human population differences are geographically patterned and the product of evolutionary process, social scientists have emphasized the historical political, economic, and social relationships that form and t...
Length: 1:19:35
Public Classroom 4: Geography, Culture, and Race - Panel Discussion
Where some natural scientists posit that human population differences are geographically patterned and the product of evolutionary process, social scientists have emphasized the historical political, economic, and social relationships that form and t...
Length: 15:37
Public Classroom 5: Violence and Race - Introduction
Race is not a scientific concept, yet racism is real in American society. Race is a powerful social idea that gives people differential access to opportunities and resources. Violence has been racialized in the United States, as seen in crime statist...
Length: 31:52
Public Classroom 5: Violence and Race - Lecture
Race is not a scientific concept, yet racism is real in American society. Race is a powerful social idea that gives people differential access to opportunities and resources. Violence has been racialized in the United States, as seen in crime statist...
Length: 1:26:42
Public Classroom 5: Violence and Race - Panel Discussion
Race is not a scientific concept, yet racism is real in American society. Race is a powerful social idea that gives people differential access to opportunities and resources. Violence has been racialized in the United States, as seen in crime statist...
Length: 35:09
Public Classroom 1: Understanding the History of Science and Race - Lecture
Race is a modern idea. Ancient societies did not segregate people according to physical differences. Some social scientists argue that race is a social construct without biological basis—that is rooted instead in the long history of racial inequali...
Length: 1:48:07
Public Classroom 1: Understanding the History of Science and Race - Panel Discussion
Race is a modern idea. Ancient societies did not segregate people according to physical differences. Some social scientists argue that race is a social construct without biological basis—that is rooted instead in the long history of racial inequali...
Length: 13:27
Public Classroom 1: Understanding the History of Science - Introduction
Race is a modern idea. Ancient societies did not segregate people according to physical differences. Some social scientists argue that race is a social construct without biological basis—that is rooted instead in the long history of racial inequali...