Race, Racism, and Science Social Impact and Interaction

Name: Race, Racism, and Science Social Impact and Interaction
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ISBN: 9780813537368

ISBN-10: 0813537363

ISBN-13: 9780813537368

Edition: 2005

Authors: John P. Jackson, Nadine M. Weidman, Nadine M. Weidman

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Since the eighteenth century when natural historians created the idea of distinct racial categories, scientific findings on race have been a double-edged sword. For some antiracists, science holds the promise of one day providing indisputable evidence to help eradicate racism. On the other hand, science has been enlisted to promote racist beliefs ranging from a justification of slavery in the eighteenth century to the infamous twentieth-century book,The Bell Curve,whose authors argued that racial differences in intelligence resulted in lower test scores for African Americans. This well-organized, readable textbook takes the reader through a chronological account of how and why…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 9/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.90" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

John P. Jackson, Jr. , is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado. He is also the author of Social Scientists for Social Justice: Making the Case against Segregation (NYU Press, 2001).