Decoding Racial Ideology in Genomics

Decoding Racial Ideology in Genomics
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9780739148976
ISBN-13 : 0739148974
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Book Synopsis Decoding Racial Ideology in Genomics by : Johnny E. Williams

Download or read book Decoding Racial Ideology in Genomics written by Johnny E. Williams and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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