1 It is not, and never has been, true that the Hyaenidae is a family distinguished by scavenging. 2  Of the four species alive today-the Aardwolf and the Spotted, Striped and Brown Hyaenas-only the latter two are full-time scavengers.
In other words, the legal construction of white and non-white in U.S. history is one engine that drives the way that the past continues to shape the present. Whiteness has been made to appear natural, that is, as objective scientific fact, in U.S. cultural and legal history.
What âage appropriatenessâ means, in fact, is that activities, materials and items are chosen without regard to the needs, interests or preferences of the people they are supposed to be for. These imposed activities, materials and items are deemed to be appropriate for the personâs chronological age. Why? What is so important about that?