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Race : the power of an illusion /

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Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create...

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Corporate Authors:	California Newsreel (Firm), Independent Television Service
Other Authors:	Pounder, C. C. H., Herbes-Sommers, Christine, Strain, Tracy Heather, Smith, Llewellyn
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2003]
Subjects:	Race. Human genetics. Racism. Documentary films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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