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1. How did early colonists view differences between humans?

2. Why did skin color become a base for differentiating between people?

3. What was Bacon's Rebellion and what role did it play in the distinguishing between commoners on the basis of 'race'?

4. What was the importance of economics in consolidating, and being supported by 'race' as a social construct? (Think about capitalism and slave labor).

5. What was an 'essentialist' view of race?

6. What is apopulationistview of race?

7. What are some weaknesses in both views mentioned in Questions 5 & 6.?

Human Variation

8. According to Dr. NinaJablonksy, skin color differentiation did not arise as an adaptation against to guard against skin cancer. Why? What does she feel is a better explanation?

9. According to Jablonsky, how were the loss of hair, enlarged sweat glands and the change in skin color interrelated? What kind of adaptation/s may have taken place?

10. How didDrs. Jablonsky andChapintest for their own hypothesis for skin color differences between human populations? What evidence seems to support their hypothesis?

11. Why are northern American populations (e.g. Eskimo populations) not as light skinned as we might expect?

12. What does Dr. Jablonsky see as the future of human variation in the next 1000 years?

Health Connections

13. What is the sickling trait? How does it guard against malaria?

14. What are the differences between white and African American populations in incidence of hypertension?

15. What is CVR, and how is it related to discrimination? How might this have an important effect on the rates of hypertension among Black Americans?

16. Why is it incorrect to claim that sickle cell and/orhypertensionare 'African American diseases,' and link them to 'race'?