ANT 101 Race and Wealth week 4

ANT 101: What Makes us Human? An Introduction to Anthropology Fall 2023 Recitation/Discussion Section Notes/Worksheet Week 4 (9/15): Race and Wealth Week 3 Lecture Quiz Review L.Q1 : What does heterozygote superiority of selection or balanced polymorphism mean? • People with a trait that has recessive and dominant alleles will survive better in certain environments than will people who do not have this allelic composition for the trait. • People with a trait that has both dominant alleles will survive better in certain environments than will people who do not have this allelic composition for the trait. • People with a trait that has both recessive alleles will survive better in certain environments than will people who do not have this allelic composition for the trait. L.Q2 : What are two examples of diseases caused by mutations that are known to favor heterozygote superiority? • Thalassemia and sickle cell anemia • Alzheimer's disease and Covid-19 flu • Diabetes and heart disease • All forms of cancer L.Q3 : In what environments are people particularly affected by thalassemia and sickle cell anemia? Why does heterozygote superiority in relation to these diseases and in these environments help people to survive better? • Desert environments; helps them survive skin cancer better • Tropical environments along the Equator; helps them survive better if they get malaria • Arctic zones; helps them survive better if they get malaria • Tropical environments along the Equator; helps them survive skin cancer better L.Q4: Territoriality can be seen as being comprised of two dimensions. What are they? • Solar and lunar dimensions • North and south dimensions • East and west dimensions • Spatial and temporal dimensions

Week 3 Recitation Quiz Review R.Q1: Which of the following is NOT listed as a principle of ethics on the American Anthropological Association (AAA) webpage? • Make your records accessible • Be open and honest regarding your work • Protect and preserve your records • Do no harm • Weigh competing ethical obligations due collaborators and affected parties • Maintain respectful and ethical professional relationship • Do not make your results accessible as that may lead to plagiarism • Obtain informed consent and necessary permissions R.Q2: According to the video "Biology-Episode 18. Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel", how many factors can affect population biological genetics? • Six • One • Three • Five R.Q3: According to the video "Biology-Episode 18. Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel", what are the factors that affect population biological genetics? • Mutations, natural selection, genetic drift, sexual selection, and gene flow • Mutations, DNA, genes, and alleles • Natural selection • Natural selection and sexual selection R.Q4: In the video "Biology-Episode 18. Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel" and given that there is no change in population genetics over time and the population is in stasis, what is the name of the equation that can be used to estimate the allelic frequencies of a trait in a population? • Mutations, natural selection, genetic drift, sexual selection, and gene flow • Mutations, DNA, genes, and alleles • Natural selection • Natural selection and sexual selection R.Q4: In the video "Biology-Episode 18. Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel" and given that there is no change in population genetics over time and the population is in stasis, what is the name of the equation that can be used to estimate the allelic frequencies of a trait in a population? • Pythagorean Theorem • Hardy-Weinberg Equation • Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis • Algebra and Geometry equations

FILM QUESTIONS FOR “ The Power of An Illusion: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Created” 1. How did the new Federal Housing Administration (FHA) change down payment requirements and loan terms for home mortgages? What effect did this have on home buying in America? 2. What is Levittown and what is its significance? Was Levittown an exception or the norm? Why? 3. What is 'redlining' and how did the term originate? What are the consequences of redlining on housing patterns? What attitudes and beliefs might such practices reinforce? 4. How much of the $120 billion in home loans underwritten between 1934 and 1962 went to non-whites? Why? What effect did that have on such families? 5. Explain the terms "white flight," "blockbusting" and racial "steering." Why do property values decline when a neighborhood changes from white to nonwhite? How are the reasons given by the film different from what you've heard or what people commonly believe? 6. Who benefits from segregated housing? Who doesn't? Why are all-white communities and all-minority communities not equal? 7. A typical (median) white family has a net worth how many times that of a typical African American family? Why? If we do nothing to address the gap, will it go away on its own or continue to grow? Why? 8. What happens to measures of racial disparities like graduation and welfare rates once groups of similar income AND wealth are compared? How does that change our understanding about the reasons why people perform differently?