Oct 27, 2017
How do you teach the evolution
of race and racism in world history? From the post-classical
era to the Enlightenment and industrial era, Matt and Dave explore
the historical construction of race. How did ideas of race
evolve in a world-historical context and how was this social
construct then used to justify hierarchies? Tune in to
find out.
St.
Maurice’s statue at the Magdeburg Cathedral
Recommendations:
Dave
– Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a
Biography by Clifton Crais and Pamela
Scully
Matt – The Mismeasure of
Man (Revised & Expanded) by Stephen Jay Gould
