Race : the power of an illusion /

This series challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs: that humans come divided into a few distinct biological groups. This ... series is an eye-opening tale of how what we assume to be normal, commonsense, even scientific, is actually shaped by our history, social institutions and cultural bel...

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Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors:	Pounder, C. C. H. (Narrator), Herbes-Sommers, Christine (television producer, television director, screenwriter.), Strain, Tracy Heather (television producer, television director, screenwriter.), Smith, Llewellyn (television producer, television director, screenwriter.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Subjects:	Racism > Economic aspects > United States. Race relations. Race > Social aspects > United States. Emigration and immigration. Human genetics > Social aspects. Race > Economic aspects. Eugenics > United States > History. Mitochondrial DNA > Analysis. United States > Race relations > History. United States > Emigration and immigration > History. Brain drain. Emigration and Immigration Racisme > Aspect économique > États-Unis. Relations raciales. Race > Aspect social > États-Unis. Émigration et immigration. Génétique humaine > Aspect social. Race > Aspect économique. Eugénisme > États-Unis > Histoire. ADN mitochondrial > Analyse. États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire. États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Histoire. Exode des cerveaux. Migration period (Medieval culture or period) emigration. immigration. migrations (events) Human genetics > Social aspects Eugenics Emigration and immigration Human genetics Race relations Race > Social aspects Racism > Economic aspects United States Racism. Race relations > United States. Documentary films United States > Emigration and immigration. Documentaries and Factual Films documentary film. Video recordings for the hearing impaired Nonfiction television programs History Documentary television programs Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for hard of hearing people. Documentary films. Documentaires télévisés. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes ayant une déficience auditive. Documentaires.
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Summary:	This series challenges one of our most fundamental beliefs: that humans come divided into a few distinct biological groups. This ... series is an eye-opening tale of how what we assume to be normal, commonsense, even scientific, is actually shaped by our history, social institutions and cultural beliefs. 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 race.
Item Description:	Title from title frames.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (3 video files, approximately 171 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Production Credits:	Music, Claudio Ragazzi ; editors, Chuck Scott, Andrea Williams (episode 1), Randall MacLowry, Cob Carlson (episode 2), and Bernice Schneider (episode 3) ; camera, Thomas Fahey (episodes 1 and 3) and Tom Curran, Peter Nelson, Michael Anderson, Richard S. Butler (episode 2).