Sentences with phrase «race as a social construct»

One can argue for the use of race as a social construct, but in that case, skin colour has as much to do with it as shoe size.

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«These data suggest that the interplay between race and ethnicity as social constructs and genetic ancestry as a biological construct is more complex than we had realized,» said Noah Zaitlen, PhD, a UCSF assistant professor of medicine and co-senior author on the new study.

Guided by two interrelated research questions, this inquiry explores first, how kindergarten emergent bilinguals in a DLI classroom perceive and respond to socially - constructed notions such as race / ethnicity, social class position, and bilingualism; and second, how kindergarten emergent bilinguals in DLI classrooms enact and negotiate the intersections of race / ethnicity, social class position, and language.

Each artist in this exhibition manifests the intangible qualities of social constructs such as borders, belonging, race, and utopia to ignite dialogue, contemplation, intervention, and questioning.

Amanda has an architecturally inspired artistic practice and obsessed with color as both a material concern and social construct and she makes art that uses color as a lens to highlight the complexities of the politics of race, place and value in cities.

As with the collages, the roles of gender, sexuality, identity, race, and agency reflect a complex intersectionality that sheds light on how these social constructs are navigated in today's society.

Cousineau's statement gives credence to the notion of race as primarily centred on social processes that seek to construct differences among groups with the effect of marginalizing some in society.