Genes, Race, and Society – Afr. Am. 394, Bio 394. Spring Semester 2000 Wednesdays 5:40 – 8:30 Agriculture 246 Credit (3 hrs.)

Instructor: Dr. J.L. Graves, Jr., Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology Dept. Of Life Sciences, Director, Program in Ethnic Studies ASU-West & Program in African American Studies, ASU-Main.

Office Hours: Wed. 3:00 – 5:00 Main Campus, 201 Agriculture Phone: 965-9777

West Campus Locations:

Office 308a CCLC; Laboratory 327 CCLC Office Phone 543-6034 Laboratory Phone 543-6947

Required Text:

J.L. Graves, Jr., The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium, Rutgers University Press, 2000. The present draft of the manuscript will be available at the Alternative Copy Center located in the Tempe Town Center. It has been reproduced and bound.

Course Description:

This course examines the historical development of theories of “race” in the Western world as applied to human social institutions. It utilizes a knowledge of the biological sciences that is accessible to non-major students. In particular it provides the student with a basic understanding of the principles of evolutionary/population biology, , and taxonomy as they relate to anthropology. Students will also be exposed to topics in philosophy, history (particularly African American history), , and political science. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Evaluation:

The evaluation will consist of examinations, writing assignments, problem sets, and computer assignments. There will be a one-page critique of each set of reading assignments or film shown each week. This fall the course will also critique chapters from my work in progress, entitled: The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium. The critiques will be one page in length. In addition, problem sets and computer exercises may be assigned at the discretion of the instructor.

Grade Breakdown:

Midterm Exam: 25% Final Exam 25% Term Paper 25% Homework 25%

Professor Graves should approve the term paper topic by the date of the midterm. It is expected to be 10 pages in length, double-spaced.

Topics:

Week 1, January 19th 2000: Overview and Definitions.

Reading assignment:

Introduction, Foundations of the Scientific Method and Problems of Race, from Genes, Race, and Society.

Critiques of Graves, & Film (1 page each).

Week 2, Jan. 26th: Early Race Theories, before the “Age of Discovery”.

Reading assignment:

Chapter 1.: The Earliest Theories: Racism before the Age of Discovery.

Critique of Chapter 1.

Week 3, Feb. 2rd: and in the New World.

Reading: Graves, Chapter 2. Demographic and genetic consequences of Colonialism and Slavery in the New World.

Critique Chapter 2.

6:30 – 8:00, MU with F.A.C.E.S, Presentation on Racial Concepts in Health.

Week 4, Feb. 9th : An overview of African American History to the Civil War.

Film (in class) GLORY.

Readings: Graves, Chapter 3. Colonialism, Racism, & Pre-Darwinian Theories of Biology: The scholars of race and the race of the scholars. The scholarship of race to the Second American Revolution.

Critique: Chapter 3.

Week 5, Feb. 16th: Nineteenth Century Anthropology.

Readings: Graves, Chapter 4. The Origin of Species and the Descent of Man: Darwin Changes Anthropology Forever.

Critique: Chapter 4.

Week 6, Feb. 23rd: Race, Reconstruction, and Social Darwinism.

Readings: Graves, Chapter 5. Race, Reconstruction, and Social Darwinism.

Critique: Graves, chapter 5.

Week 7, March 1st: Race and immigration.

Readings: Graves, Chapter 6. Late 19th Century Racial Theory, migration and immigration in the United States. Critique Graves Chapter 6.

Week 8, March 8th Midterm Examination in Class. Final Term Paper Topics due.

Week 9, March 15th Spring Break

Week 10, March 22nd : Early 20th century theories of human diversity.

Readings: Graves, Chapter 7. Mendelism, the Neo-Darwinian revolution, & race before the Holocaust.

Critique Graves Chapter 7.

Week 11, March 29th : Race and .

Film (in class) Liberators

Readings: Graves, Chapter 8. Eugenics, race & fascism: The Road to Aushwitz went through Cold Spring Harbor.

Critique: Graves Chapter 8.

Week 12, April 5th: The 2nd Reconstruction and Race.

Readings: Graves, Chapter 9. The 2nd Reconstruction, "Simple Justice", and the Revival of Post World War II .

Critique Graves Chapter 9.

Week 13, April 12th: Race and IQ in the 90's.

Readings: Graves, Chapter 10. Race and IQ in the 90's.

Critique: Graves Chapter 10.

Week 14, April 19th : Life history evolution and “race”.

Film (in class): The Graves - Rushton Debate, March 20th 1997. John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

J.L. Graves, Jr., "J.P. Rushton, life history theory, and the pseudoscience of racial hierarchy," in : Separating Myth from Science, Jefferson Fish Editor, Laurence Erlbaum Press, 2000.

Critique Graves Chapter 12.

Week 15, April 26th: Consistent historical errors of race.

Readings: Graves, Chapter 11. The race fallacy and human disease.

& Conclusion: What will we do without race?

Critique Graves Chapters 11 & Conclusion.

Final Exam: TBA

Term paper due last day of class. The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium.

Dr. Joseph L. Graves, Jr.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: Before Darwinian Science

Introduction to Part One.

1. Racism before the Age of Discovery 2. Colonialism , slavery, and race in the New World 3. Pre-Darwinian Theories of Biology

Part Two: Darwin (and the survival of Scientific Racism)

Introduction to Part Two.

4. Darwinism Revolutionizes Anthropology 5. Race & Social Darwinism 6. Pseudoscience & the founding of Eugenics

Part Three: Applications and Misapplications of Darwinism

Introduction to Part Three.

7. Mendelism, the Neo-Darwinian Revolution and Race before the Holocaust 8. Eugenics, Race, and Fascism … 9. The Revival of Post-War Scientific Racism

Part Four: Biological Theories at the Millennium

Introduction to Part Four.

10. Race & IQ 11. The Race Fallacy & Human Disease

Conclusion