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Humans are different, from their height, shape, and even skin color. But how different are we from each other after all. Just because two individuals may look completely different from an African American male to a Caucasian female, may have the same if not very similar genes. By watching this informative video in class it proved that genes are not skin deep. This movie was proving how race is not biologically real. Dating back to hundreds of years ago when these scientists looked back into Eugenics, or the idea of racial purification. There was continuous investigation into what made each race different, and/or better than another one.
With Eugenics many people felt that the white male was a superior race. This idea was thought to be in this race’s genes. Due to the fact that many black, Indian, and other minorities were suffering from frequent death, and sickness. While the white race was flourishing, with growth, and strength of its race. The first thing many thought was it had to be in the genes. This was a fabricated thought. With lack of money and advancements in health the black race was handicapped which made the white race seem superior, this was Hoffman’s main idea.
The first time that the races actually had signs of major interaction was through the wind tribe. These people were referred to as the wind tribe because of their interracial interaction and reproduction. Many in the white culture weren’t fond of this tribe due to the fact that they could pass as white, while having black and Indian blood in them. Many of the Caucasian race felt that while these interracial relations may happen it will alter the purity of the white race, which was seen as superior.
For me however this video was very interesting. It talked about the many aspects that go into race and their genes. This video truly examined the many aspects of what race is made of. There are many different facts that kept me interested into this piece. The most alarming fact was that humans are some of the most similar in genotypes. With the average penguin being twice as different in genes as other and fruit fly species being ten times different in genes. This fact was very fascinating. The fact that we as humans feel we look so different while compared to other species we are relatively similar. That is why I felt this video was a good piece to see and realize that genes make no correlation with race.