Race Decoded
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Race Decoded
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Author : Catherine Bliss
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2012-05-23
Race Decoded written by Catherine Bliss and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-23 with Social Science categories.
In 2000, with the success of the Human Genome Project, scientists declared the death of race in biology and medicine. But within five years, many of these same scientists had reversed course and embarked upon a new hunt for the biological meaning of race. Drawing on personal interviews and life stories, Race Decoded takes us into the world of elite genome scientists—including Francis Collins, director of the NIH; Craig Venter, the first person to create a synthetic genome; and Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, among others—to show how and why they are formulating new ways of thinking about race. In this original exploration, Catherine Bliss reveals a paradigm shift, both at the level of science and society, from colorblindness to racial consciousness. Scientists have been fighting older understandings of race in biology while simultaneously promoting a new grand-scale program of minority inclusion. In selecting research topics or considering research design, scientists routinely draw upon personal experience of race to push the public to think about race as a biosocial entity, and even those of the most privileged racial and social backgrounds incorporate identity politics in the scientific process. Though individual scientists may view their positions differently—whether as a black civil rights activist or a white bench scientist—all stakeholders in the scientific debates are drawing on memories of racial discrimination to fashion a science-based activism to fight for social justice.
Decoding Racial Ideology In Genomics
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Author : Johnny E. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2016-05-27
Decoding Racial Ideology In Genomics written by Johnny E. Williams and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-27 with Social Science categories.
Although the human genome exists apart from society, knowledge about it is produced through socially-created language and interactions. As such, genomicists’ thinking is informed by their inability to escape the wake of the ‘race’ concept. This book investigates how racism makes genomics and how genomics makes racism and ‘race,’ and the consequences of these constructions. Specifically, Williams explores how racial ideology works in genomics. The simple assumption that frames the book is that ‘race’ as an ideology justifying a system of oppression is persistently recreated as a practical and familiar way to understand biological reality. This book reveals that genomicists’ preoccupation with ‘race’—regardless of good or ill intent—contributes to its perception as a category of differences that is scientifically rigorous.
Decoding Racial Ideology In Genomics
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Author : Johnny E. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2016
Decoding Racial Ideology In Genomics written by Johnny E. Williams and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with SCIENCE categories.
Although the human genome exists apart from society, genomicists' thinking is informed by their inability to escape the wake of the "race" concept. The book reveals that genomicists' preoccupation with race--regardless of good or ill intent--contributes to its perception as a category of differences that is scientifically rigorous.
Postgenomics
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Author : Sarah S. Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2015-04-15
Postgenomics written by Sarah S. Richardson and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-15 with Science categories.
Ten years after the Human Genome Project’s completion the life sciences stand in a moment of uncertainty, transition, and contestation. The postgenomic era has seen rapid shifts in research methodology, funding, scientific labor, and disciplinary structures. Postgenomics is transforming our understanding of disease and health, our environment, and the categories of race, class, and gender. At the same time, the gene retains its centrality and power in biological and popular discourse. The contributors to Postgenomics analyze these ruptures and continuities and place them in historical, social, and political context. Postgenomics, they argue, forces a rethinking of the genome itself, and opens new territory for conversations between the social sciences, humanities, and life sciences. Contributors. Russ Altman, Rachel A. Ankeny, Catherine Bliss, John Dupré, Michael Fortun, Evelyn Fox Keller, Sabina Leonelli, Adrian Mackenzie, Margot Moinester, Aaron Panofsky, Sarah S. Richardson, Sara Shostak, Hallam Stevens
What We Now Know About Race And Ethnicity
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Author : Michael Banton
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2015
What We Now Know About Race And Ethnicity written by Michael Banton and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Political Science categories.
Introduction : the paradox -- The scientific sources of the paradox -- The political sources of the paradox -- International pragmatism -- Sociological knowledge -- Conceptions of racism -- Ethnic origin and ethnicity -- Collective action -- Conclusion : the paradox resolved.
What S Real About Race
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Author : Rina Bliss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2025-02-11
What S Real About Race written by Rina Bliss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-11 with Social Science categories.
Historicizing Race
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Author : Marius Turda
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-02-22
Historicizing Race written by Marius Turda and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-22 with History categories.
The idea of race may be outdated, as many commentators and scholars, working in a broad range of different fields in the sciences and humanities, have argued over many years. Nevertheless, it remains one of the most persistent forms of human classification. Theories of race primitivism (the idea that there is a 'natural' racial hierarchy and ranking order of 'inferior' and 'superior' races), race biologism (the belief that people can be classified by genetic features which are shared by members of racial groups), and race essentialism (the notion that races can be defined by scientifically identifiable and verifiable cultural and physical characteristics) are deeply embedded in modern history, culture and politics. Historicizing Race offers a new understanding of this reality by exploring the interconnectedness of scientific, cultural and political strands of racial thought in Europe and elsewhere. It re-conceptualises the idea of race by unearthing various historical traditions that continue to inform not only current debates about individual and collective identities, but also national and international politics. In a concise format, accessible to students and scholars alike, the authors draw out some of the reasons why race-centred thinking has, in recent years, re-emerged in such shocking and explicit form in current populist, xenophobic, and anti-immigration movements.
Race Unmasked
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Author : Michael Yudell
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-09-09
Race Unmasked written by Michael Yudell and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-09 with Science categories.
Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The concept of race has been at the center of both triumphs and tragedies in American history and has had a profound effect on the human experience. Race Unmasked revisits the origins of commonly held beliefs about the scientific nature of racial differences, examines the roots of the modern idea of race, and explains why race continues to generate controversy as a tool of classification even in our genomic age. Surveying the work of some of the twentieth century's most notable scientists, Race Unmasked reveals how genetics and related biological disciplines formed and preserved ideas of race and, at times, racism. A gripping history of science and scientists, Race Unmasked elucidates the limitations of a racial worldview and throws the contours of our current and evolving understanding of human diversity into sharp relief.
Reconsidering Race
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Author : Kazuko Suzuki
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Reconsidering Race written by Kazuko Suzuki and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Political Science categories.
In order to more fully understand what we mean by "race", social scientists need to engage genetics, medicine, and health. While the contributors of this volume reject pseudoscience and hierarchical ways of looking at race, they make the claim that it is time to reassess the Western-based, "social construction" paradigm. Arguing that race is not merely socially constructed, the contributors offer a provocative collection of views on the way that social scientistsmust reconsider the idea of race in the age of genomics.
Theories Of Race And Ethnicity
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Author : Karim Murji
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-08
Theories Of Race And Ethnicity written by Karim Murji and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-08 with Social Science categories.
An authoritative and cutting-edge collection of theoretically grounded and empirically informed essays exploring the contemporary terrain of race and racism.