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Racialism
Belief in the existence of distinct biological races with inherent differences in traits or abilities.
Polygenism
The belief that different human races are of different origins or created separately.
Monogenism
The belief that all human races are descended from a single ancestor.
Systematics
The study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and their relationships.
Eugenics
The study or belief in the possibility of improving the human race by selective breeding.
Philosophy of Race
The study of the nature and existence of race and its implications for society and ethics.
Biological Racial Determinism
The belief that race is a biologically determined characteristic that influences behavior, intelligence, or other traits.
Egalitarianism
The belief in or advocacy of equal rights, opportunities, and treatment for all people.
Cosmopolitanism
The idea that all human beings belong to a single community based on a shared morality.
Intellectual History
The study of the history of ideas, focusing on the development of intellectual and cultural movements.
Sociology of Knowledge:
The study of how knowledge is produced, transmitted, and transformed within society.
Population
A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area and interbreed, producing fertile offspring
Social Construction
The idea that concepts and categories, such as race or gender, are created and developed by society and do not have a basis in objective reality.
The “Common View/Argument” about Race
The belief that race is a natural and biologically-based classification of human beings.
Racialized Groups
Groups of people who are singled out and treated differently based on perceived racial characteristics.
Ancestry
The line of descent from an ancestor; the origin or background of a person or group in terms of family or national descent.
Subspecies
A taxonomic category that ranks below species, usually a fairly permanent geographically isolated race.
Universal Human Racial Taxonomy
A hypothetical classification system that would categorize all humans into distinct racial groups based on biological characteristics.
Caste
A rigid social hierarchy often based on hereditary status, prevalent in certain societies.
Ethnic Enclaves
Residential areas with a high concentration of people from a particular ethnic background.
Diaspora
The dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland.
Assimilation
The process by which individuals or groups adopt the culture of another group, often the dominant one.
Primordial vs. Constructivist
Two perspectives on the nature of ethnicity; primordial emphasizes the innate, natural aspects of ethnicity, while constructivist sees it as socially constructed.
Racial Eliminativism
A belief or ideology advocating for the elimination or eradication of specific racial or ethnic groups.
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