Tuesday 14 March 2017

What Scientists Mean When They Say Race Is Not Genetic

What Scientists Mean When They Say Race Is Not Genetic

If a team of scientists in Philadelphia and New York have their way, using race to categorize groups of people in biological and genetic research will be forever discontinued. The concept of race in such research is “problematic at best and harmful at worst,” the researchers argued in a new paper published in the journal Science on Friday. However, they also said that social scientists should continue to study race as a social construct to better understand the impact of racism on health.

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