Test 3- Spring 2023

Anthropology 153 Test 3 -Due April 6

A) What is Professor Brown’s argument that the Stone Age was more civilized relative to so-called Civilization ? How is Professor Marshall Sahlins “Original Affluent Society “ thesis part of Prof. Brown’s argument ? What are the other parts of Prof. Brown’s argument ? What is the definition of “civilized” ? How is the thesis of “Survival of the Nicest” part of Professor Brown’s argument ?

B) How are white skin color supremacist behavior and social institutions not justified by biology ? Why is designating white skin color phenotypical people as a superior human race or sub-species( phylogenetic classification) INVALID ? How are white supremacist biological theses false ? What genetic studies invalidate the concept of race based on skin color ?

C) How is the theory of white supremacist economic, social, political and cultural behavior _real_ and pernicious in the real world ? What statistics and historical reports support this theory ? What is Critical Race Theory as discussed in the news for the last several years ? Parts of Chapter 16-17 of the text on race are pertinent to B) and C) on the test .