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The Fallacy of “Race”

Explore the mixed gene pools of influential individuals like Barack Obama, challenging the notion of "race" as a biological construct and highlighting the significance of shared culture in ethnicity.

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The Fallacy of “Race”

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  1. The Fallacy of “Race”

  2. Is Barack Obama a “Black” man?

  3. Mythology vs. Biology DNA studies have taught us that our gene pools are more mixed than we ever imagined.

  4. Jessica Szohr, Gossip Girl(Hungarian, African-American, Caucasian) • Adriana Lima, Victoria’s Secret Angel (African, West Indian, Japanese, and Portuguese)

  5. Mariah Carey(Father: African-American and Venezuelan ) • Derek Jeter, Baseball Player(Father: African-American)

  6. Gabrielle Reece, volleyball star (father: African-Trinidadian) • Wentworth Miller, TV(father: African-American and EuropeanMiller is Identified as “an American actor”)

  7. TroianBellisario, Pretty Little Liars(mother: African-Am TV producer) • Daniel Sunjata, TV(half African-American)

  8. Meghan Mackle, Suits(mother: African-American) • Jordan Sparks, singer/song-writer(half African-American; half Caucasian)

  9. Dwayne Johnson(African-American and Samoan) • Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy(Grandfather: Jamaican, a U.S. Ambassador to Sierre Leone)

  10. Rashida Jones(Quincy Jones’ daughter) • Nicole Richie(Father: Peter Michael EscovedoAdopted Father: Lionel Richie)

  11. Moral of the Story • What this tells us is that the notion of “race” is a myth. We “construct” race based on our ideologies, not based on biology. • “Ethnicity” is a term that accounts for shared culture and seems to be more meaningful.

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