Race and the Genetic Revolution Science, Myth, and Culture

Name: Race and the Genetic Revolution Science, Myth, and Culture
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ISBN: 9780231156974

ISBN-10: 0231156979

ISBN-13: 9780231156974

Edition: 2011

Authors: Sheldon Krimsky, Kathleen Sloan

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Leading scholars from a range of disciplines, including law, biology, sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology, examine the impact of modern genetics on the concept of race. Does mapping the human genome reconstitute a scientific rationale for long-discredited racial categories? Contributors trace the interplay between genetics and race in forensic DNA databanks, the biology of intelligence, DNA ancestry markers, and racialized medicine. Each essay explores commonly held and unexamined assumptions and misperceptions about race in both science and popular culture. Divided into six major categories, the collection begins with the historical origins and current uses of the concept of…

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 0.67" wide x 0.92" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction: How Science Embraced the Racialization of Human Populations




Science And Race: Historical And Evolutionary Perspectives



A Short History of the Race ConceptvMichael Yudell



Natural Selection, the Human Genome, and the Idea of Race




Forensic Dna Databases, Race, And The Criminal Justice System



Racial Disparities in Databanking of DNA Profiles




Prejudice, Stigma, and DNA Databases




Ancestry Testing



Ancestry Testing and Dna: Uses, Limits, and Caveat Emptor




Can Dna "Witness" Race? Forensic Uses of an Imperfect Ancestry Testing Technology




Racialized Medicine



BiDil and Racialized Medicine




Evolutionary "Versus Racial Medicine: Why It Matters




Intelligence and Race



Myth and Mystification: The Science of Race and IQ




Intelligence, Race, and Genetics




Contemporary Culture, Race, And Genetics



The Elusive Variability of Race




Race, Genetics, and the Regulatory Need for Race Impact Assessments



Conclusion: Toward a Remedy for the Social Consequences of Racial Myths



List of Contributors


Index