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Short answer 1: Discuss the relationship of race, racism, and inequality. Consider the
following questions. How has race been conceptualized historically. How do
contemporary anthropologists understand race and define racism? What are some
ways that race has been used to rationalize inequality


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The concept of race as a rough division of anatomically modern humans has a complicated history. The word race itself is modern and was used in the sense of "nation, ethnic group" during the 16th to 19th centuries and acquired its modern meaning in the field of physical anthropology only from the mid-19th century. With the rise of modern genetics, the concept of distinct human races in a biological sense has become obsolete.

In 2019, the American Association of Biological Anthropologists stated: "The belief in 'races' as natural aspects of human biology, and the structures of inequality (racism) that emerge from such beliefs, are among the most damaging elements in the human experience both today and