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Want to stream more content like this… and 1,000’s of courses, documentaries & more? Start Your Free Trial of Wondrium - Unpack the ambiguities around race, skin color, and biology. After reviewing the history of Social Darwinism, you’ll see how Franz Boas and other 20th century anthropologists shifted our understanding of race to show how it is a cultural construct, independent of biology and geography. 00:00 Is There Truly Only One Race—the Human Race? 02:08 Charles Orser: How Archaeologists Confuse Race 03:21 How Social Darwinism Spread 06:53 "White Man's Burden" and Imperialism 10:25 Eugenics Creed Leads to Sterilization 12:13 Darwin's Cousin Francis Galton Champions Eugenics 13:34 Oliver Wendell Holmes Endorses Eugenics 14:11 How Did We Get Past Social Darwinism? 15:47 Franz Boas Moves Beyond Biological Determinism 17:23 Defining Cultural Relativity 18:54 Why Does the Myth of Multiple Human Races Persist? 22:34 Understanding Health Inequalities 26:12 US Census Bureau Clarifies Use of Racial Categories 27:04 How Our Origins Inform Our Understanding of Race This free lecture comes from the course Anthropology and the Study of Humanity. Learn more about this course and start your FREE trial of The Great Courses Plus here: Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel – we are adding new videos all the time!