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Historical Social Construction of Race and Racism

Name: Historical Social Construction of Race and Racism
Uploaded: 2017-02-15
Duration: 16 min 46 s
Description: Dr. Muzammil Quraishi traces the history of the social construction of race and racism. He explains that when natural science classification systems were applied to humanity, white Europeans used them to create a hierarchy of worth. Many colonial abuses were linked to this hierarchy, as are modern stereotypes about different races.

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  Quraishi, M. (Academic). (2017). Historical social construction of race and racism [Video]. SAGE Knowledge. https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473955141
  
  Quraishi, Muzammil. "Historical Social Construction of Race and Racism." In SAGE Video. : SAGE Publications, Ltd., 2017. Video, 00:16:46. https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473955141.
  
  Quraishi, M., 2017. Historical Social Construction of Race and Racism, SAGE Video. [Streaming Video] London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473955141> [Accessed 20 Sep 2021].
  
  Quraishi, Muzammil. Historical Social Construction of Race and Racism. Online video clip. SAGE Video. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd., 15 Feb 2017. doi: https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473955141. 20 Sep 2021.
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Dr. Muzammil Quraishi traces the history of the social construction of race and racism. He explains that when natural science classification systems were applied to humanity, white Europeans used them to create a hierarchy of worth. Many colonial abuses were linked to this hierarchy, as are modern stereotypes about different races.