Race and the genetic revolution : science, myth, and culture
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Race and the genetic revolution : science, myth, and culture
Columbia University Press, c2011
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"A project of the Council for Responsible Genetics"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- A short history of the race concept / Michael Yudell
- Natural selection, the human genome, and the idea of race / Robert Pollack
- Racial disparities in databanking of DNA profiles / Michael T. Risher
- Prejudice, stigma, and DNA databases / Helen Wallace
- Ancestry testing and DNA : uses, limits, and caveat emptor / Troy Duster
- Can DNA "witness" race? Forensic uses of an imperfect ancestry testing technology / Duana Fullwiley
- BiDil and racialized medicine / Jonathan Kahn
- Evolutionary versus racial medicine : why it matters? / Joseph L. Graves Jr.
- Myth and mystification : the science of race and IQ / Pilar N. Ossorio
- Intelligence, race, and genetics / Robert J. Sternberg ... [et al.]
- The elusive variability of race / Patricia J. Williams
- Race, genetics, and the regulatory need for race impact assessments / Osagie K. Obasogie
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Description
Do advances in genomic biology create a scientific rationale for long-discredited racial categories? Leading scholars in law, medicine, biology, sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology examine the impact of modern genetics on the concept of race. 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 science and popular culture. This collection begins with the historical origins and current uses of the concept of "race" in science. It follows with an analysis of the role of race in DNA databanks and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Essays then consider the rise of recreational genetics in the form of for-profit testing of genetic ancestry and the introduction of racialized medicine, specifically through an FDA-approved heart drug called BiDil, marketed to African American men.
Concluding sections discuss the contradictions between our scientific and cultural understandings of race and the continuing significance of race in educational and criminal justice policy.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction: How Science Embraced the Racialization of Human Populations Sheldon Krimsky Part I. Science and Race: Historical and Evolutionary Perspectives 1. A Short History of the Race Concept, by Michael Yudell 2. Natural Selection, the Human Genome, and the Idea of Race, by Robert Pollack Part II. Forensic DNA Databases, Race, and the Criminal Justice System 3. Racial Disparities in Databanking of DNA Profiles, by Michael T. Risher 4. Prejudice, Stigma, and DNA Databases, by Helen Wallace Part III. Ancestry Testing 5. Ancestry Testing and DNA: Uses, Limits, and Caveat Emptor, by Troy Duster 6. Can DNA "Witness" Race? Forensic Uses of an Imperfect Ancestry Testing Technology, by Duana Fullwiley Part IV. Racialized Medicine 7. BiDil and Racialized Medicine, by Jonathan Kahn 8. Evolutionary Versus Racial Medicine: Why it Matters?, by Joseph L. Graves, Jr. Part V. Intelligence and Race 9. Myth and Mystification: The Science of Race and IQ, by Pilar N. Ossorio 10. Intelligence, Race, and Genetics, by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko, Kenneth K. Kidd, and Steven E. Stemler Part VI. Contemporary Culture, Race, and Genetics 11. The Elusive Variability of Race, by Patricia J. Williams 12. Race, Genetics, and the Regulatory Need for Race Impact Assessments, by Osagie K. Obasogie Conclusion: Toward a Remedy for the Social Consequences of Racial Myths, by Kathleen Sloan List of Contributors Index
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