en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/7256759 Comments by eatonallherfood http://www.soc119.org/2013/06/15/week-two-lesson-2-introduction-to-race/#IDComment677069478 Great post! Dr. Richards mentions even though individuals may be from a certain country does not necessarily mean that they are exactly that race. Individuals may have some other mixture of race through many generations and different bloodlines. My father, who is African-American, is really light skinned and has light eyes. Both of my grandparents are dark skinned with dark eyes so I am convinced that there is some mixture in our bloodline because of my father's physical features. Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:05:05 +0000 http://www.soc119.org/2013/06/15/week-two-lesson-2-introduction-to-race/#IDComment677069478 http://www.soc119.org/2013/06/15/week-two-lesson-2-introduction-to-race/#IDComment677066328 First and foremost, the distinction between race and ethnicity is cleared in this lecture. It is definitely common for the term race and ethnicity to be interchangeable; thus, many individuals do believe that race and ethnicity are one in the same. It is common for individuals to be judge on their “race” where they are grouped and identified by basically to what race they look like. I can identify with this because as an African-American and Korean-American individual, people usually cannot tell as to what race I am. When they try to guess, they assume that I “look” Asian because of my eyes and skin tone yet they are thrown off because of my frizzy, curly hair (which is very are for Asians). One aspect of the lecture I find to be very intriguing is the association between race and beauty norms. I do understand that every culture has different stands of what is considered to be beautiful. It is important to note that there is an agreement as to what is considered to be beautiful. In the Asian culture, the standardized beauty is having very light skin, big eyes and other distinct features that are very similar to Western features. In fact, South Korea has the highest rate of plastic features because it is glamorized in these cultures to have features that of what an American would look like. It is unfortunate that what is considered to be beauty is not associated with each individual but there is already a general consensus as to what is the ideal beauty. Another interesting point is the fact that people do feel more comfortable with others who look similar (as in maybe being the same race so that they share the same culture). As a college student, I do notice that most social groups are formed usually by race where the students tend to hang out with others of the same race. As someone who is mixed, I always tried to groups of people with different racial backgrounds and it is always a challenge because it is just so happens that people like to be around others like them. Also, as an evolutionary process people psychical appearances developed due to their environment. Those who reside near the equator have darker skin to protect them from the direct sun. Asians do have narrow eyes to protect themselves from the dust and the wind. It is very informative to acknowledge as to why individuals look different from one another. I hope that with this kind of information society can comprehend as to why individuals have different features rather than to develop stereotypes and even racist ideals. Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:57:23 +0000 http://www.soc119.org/2013/06/15/week-two-lesson-2-introduction-to-race/#IDComment677066328