Race can’t be seen as a biological category because people that are in the same racial
can be as genetically different compared to people in different racial groups. Race is not
the reason for different patterns of genetic variation. The way humans have moved and
mated throughout our history explains genetic variations. Human populations have not
been isolated for a long time in order to create a subspecies and different groups have
intermingled for so many years.
Cultural appropriation is the act of popularizing elements of a minority culture that those
minorities were once ridiculed for. To avoid it you have to educate yourself about those
cultures and the purpose of those objects or actions. There needs to be mutual respect,
understanding, and equality on both sides when sharing cultures. As well as double
checking with yourself if things you are doing disrespectful and are you wearing it out of
self-intere
Colorblindness will not end racism, acting like race doesn’t exist cannot erase the many
years of trauma, racism, prejudice, discrimination, or stereotypes. Racism is real and
prevalent in order to combat it, we need to identify the social policies and institutional
practices.
I like how the guide brings the attention that it is not for just white people, but this guide
can help anyone. It also brings up different ideas that can be applied to everyone, not
just white people, that everyone can blush, bruise, or tan. I thought these things I could
never do, but I can it just simply shows up differently because of skin color. I think the
guide highlights the typical stereotypes of different races very well and brings attention
that those people of color are not exotic, mythical creatures. At the end of the day, we
are all human. Race is simply a social construct and people have made it seem real.