Decoding Racial Ideology in Genomics

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Minority Studies, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Genetics, Discrimination & Race Relations
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Author: Johnny E. Williams ISBN: 9780739148976
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: May 27, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Johnny E. Williams
ISBN: 9780739148976
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: May 27, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

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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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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