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Beyond Racism: Some Opinions about Racialism and American Archaeology

Beyond Racism: Some Opinions about Racialism and American Archaeology Beyond Racism Some Opinions about Racialism and American Archaeology roger echo-hawk and larry j. zimmerman The scrutiny of racism as a cultural practice is well established in scholarship and in American public discourse. The underlying problem of race itself is also a common topic in academic writings and is a matter of everincreasing consensus in anthropology and biology. But the significance of race as an inherently flawed interpretation of human biological diversity has yet to register in many realms of scholarship and in the public mind. What does it mean that race has little or no biological reality? In this essay we seek to encourage the expansion of the public discussion of race beyond racism and toward the broader problem of race itself.1 It is not our intention to "solve" the problems of race, nor do we intend to add to the extant technical literature on the biology of race; rather, we hope to add a bit of clarity to a confusing and undeservedly obscure topic. Because the terminology surrounding race and associated issues is a quagmire as difficult to escape as the morass of race itself, it is important for us to define important terms as the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Indian Quarterly University of Nebraska Press

Beyond Racism: Some Opinions about Racialism and American Archaeology

The American Indian Quarterly , Volume 30 (3) – Jun 9, 2006

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Beyond Racism Some Opinions about Racialism and American Archaeology roger echo-hawk and larry j. zimmerman The scrutiny of racism as a cultural practice is well established in scholarship and in American public discourse. The underlying problem of race itself is also a common topic in academic writings and is a matter of everincreasing consensus in anthropology and biology. But the significance of race as an inherently flawed interpretation of human biological diversity has yet to register in many realms of scholarship and in the public mind. What does it mean that race has little or no biological reality? In this essay we seek to encourage the expansion of the public discussion of race beyond racism and toward the broader problem of race itself.1 It is not our intention to "solve" the problems of race, nor do we intend to add to the extant technical literature on the biology of race; rather, we hope to add a bit of clarity to a confusing and undeservedly obscure topic. Because the terminology surrounding race and associated issues is a quagmire as difficult to escape as the morass of race itself, it is important for us to define important terms as the

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The American Indian QuarterlyUniversity of Nebraska Press

Published: Jun 9, 2006

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