Gender and Race and why its still an issue that needs to be talked about!!!

Do we really need to keep bringing up gender and race? Yes, yes we do actually. Now usually when a topic is brought up enough people get tired of it and don't care to talk about it anymore. Well that CAN'T be the case when it comes to gender and race!!!! We need to continue talking about gender and race because there are evident issues from the past and current that deal with them. It is important to keep talking about them and having difficult conversations with people in order to fight this issue. That being said let's talk about Evolution. Oh wait how are we even supposed to properly understand evolution without getting diverse perspectives on the matter. Or maybe we should we just leave it up to the racist old white men? I think NOT!!! Which brings me to my favorite quote from this weeks readings by Jason Organ, "Evolution is all wrapped up in white supremacy and a generally- destined patriarchy. This is not evolution. And this is not my evolution. I know you're nodding your head along with me". Im tired of everything including our evolution being centered around white men and so should you. Thats why the Black Feminist theory is so important! It gives a unique new perspective to our understanding of evolution which should be valued highly. We have to continue to strive towards diversifying science so that we can get perspectives from minorities and not like the white men continue to skew our understanding of the world. 

Organ, J. (2020, May 18). It is unethical to teach evolution without confronting racism and sexism. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://blogs.plos.org/scicomm/2018/11/29/it-is-unethical-to-teach-evolution-without-confronting-racism-and-sexism/

Introduction

Hey everyone!! My name is Breanna or just Bre for short. I am a Biological Anthropology major with a minor in Criminal Justice. I hope to pursue a career in Forensics one day!!! Im sure due to covid-19 this was not what we were expecting our summer to look like. So I say we make the most of this class and these discussions to have some fun social distancing interactions!! Im looking forward to meeting you all and for a wonderful first summer class!!!