Are Humans Hard Wired for Racial Prejudice?

1) BATSExplain why Wilson uses the example of bats at the beginning of Chapter 13. How does the example tie in with the rest of the chapter?2) DAVID AND ANNEIn chapter 15, on personality in animals, ironically (or perhaps deliberately), Wilson talks much more freely about himself and his wife Anne. What impressions do you have of their personalities? Quote from the text to support.3) GENETIC RELATEDNESSWhat mistakes did the criminological and social scientific literature make about the importance of genetic relatedness? Choose 1 mistake, quote from Wilson for support, then explain why it is a mistake.4) The 2 Articles on PrejudiceHow are the two articles similar? different ? Which did you prefer? Why?The Articles:(1) “Are Humans Hard Wired for Racial Prejudice?” by Robert Sapolsky (2) “The Flexibility of Racial Bias” .by Cikara and Van Bavel 5)DEPRESSING AND PUZZLINGSapolsky says “All this is not only depressing, it’s puzzling, if you think about it.”What is “all this”? Why is it both depressing and puzzling? 6) THE EVOLVING BRAINExplain: “if the brain evolved to make automatic racial distinctions, it evolved even more strongly to differentiate between Dodgers fans and Giants fans” (Sapolsky)Why is this an important distinction in the discussion of whether or not racism is “hard-wired” into the human species? Does the second article make a similar distinction?Where?7). THE TWO ARTICLESHow are the two articles similar? different ? Which did you prefer? Why?John Roach, “Why Some Like It Hot” Paul W. Sherman and Jennifer Billing, “Evolutionary Gastronomy: Why We Like Spices.” 8) How is scientific argument explored by the articles on spices different from the “culture of critique” described in Deborah Tannen’s “Triumph of the Yell”? Do you see any similarities?