Our Problems with Race: Addressing Biological Versus Social DefinitionsPosted in Health/Medicine/Genetics, Live Events, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2009-10-19 21:55Z by Steven |
Our Problems with Race: Addressing Biological Versus Social Definitions
Appalachian State University
Blue Ridge Ballroom PSU
Wednesday, 2009-10-28 19:00 EDT (Local Time)
Joseph L. Graves, Jr, Dean of University Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
What does evolution tell us about race and what are we taught to believe about race? What are the implications for how we view, group, and value others? Using his research background in evolutionary biology, Dr. Joseph L. Graves, Jr. explains how most Americans still believe that there is some biological legitimacy to our socially constructed racial categories despite the modern scientific evidence that discredits all of our social stereotypes. Dr. Graves has written two books that address the myths and theories of race in American society. He has published over 50 papers and book chapters and has appeared in six documentary films and numerous television interviews on these general topics.