Hi folks, In the context of a discussion today of the social construction of race, a student brought up the myth of differences in musculature between Africans and Europeans, insisting that in fact there were real and significant differences. This came in at the end of class, so next time I want to pursue it along the lines of: "do all Africans have this alleged difference? ie, South African Bantu speaking folks, as well as Northern desert dwellers or eastern Somalis, and does this difference in muscle structure stop at the Nile?" But beyond this, does anyone have an authoritative source on the genesis of this belief, so I can set him (and the class) straight? Eban _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Eban Goodstein email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Economics phone: 503-768-7626 Lewis and Clark College fax: 503-768-7379 Portland, OR 97219
