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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a significant legislative milestone that greatly impacted discrimination in many ways.  While it was a landmark for labor and equality, its implementation encountered resistance, as rhetoric from pro-segregation leaders called for the preservation of “traditional values.”  If you were an anthropologist researching these groups, how might cultural relativism factor into understanding prejudice and hate as “traditional values”?  How might this relate to today’s understanding of values, culture, gender, and race?

https://perspectives.pressbooks.com/chapter/race-and-ethnicity/

 https://www.sapiens.org/culture/notoneless-black-female-victims/

 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/civil-rights-movement/a/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-and-the-voting-rights-act-of-1965