The Invention of Race
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English - November 19, 2020 19:49 - 42 minutes - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsBusiness Technology listen notes listen later dailypod Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Episode: The Invention of Race
Pub date: 2020-11-19
The idea that race is a social construct comes from the pioneering work of anthropologist Franz Boas. During a time when race-based science and the eugenics movement were becoming mainstream, anthropologist Franz Boas actively sought to prove that race was a social construct, not a biological fact.
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