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The Existence or Non-Existence of Race? - Forensic Anthropology, Population Admixture, and the Future of Racial Classification in the U.S. (Paperback)
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The Existence or Non-Existence of Race? - Forensic Anthropology, Population Admixture, and the Future of Racial Classification in the U.S. (Paperback)
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In this book, Conrad Quintyn details the two intransigent sides of
the race issue in biological anthropology and human biology in
order to propose a common-sense compromise. This compromise is
interesting because it does not derive from academic armchair
philosophy. It takes into account practical issues in the social
environment. This book is significant to the field, at this time,
because it addresses the following issues, which form the basis for
discussing the future of racial classification in America: 1) There
is a high frequency of admixture in U.S. population caused by the
steady flow of immigrants over the years, resulting in multiracial
populations. Hundreds of thousands of these multiracial Americans
are demanding visibility, acceptanceand in many cases an identity
that is separate from black or white; 2) Officials in federal and
state agencies as well as black and Hispanic political activists
worry that allowing people to choose more than one race, or
eliminating race altogether, would impact civil rights compliance
and educational accountability for students by race and ethnicity;
distribution of federal aid to minorities; and minority districting
in congressional elections. It might also erode black or Hispanic
solidarity and confuse law enforcement, since the FBI, state, and
local police depend on race for much of their day-to-day work; and
3) Population admixture has increased the difficulty in determining
race using the skull, which has implications for human
identification in forensic science. Quintyn analyzes several
critical arguments posed by both sides and propose a practical
compromise which is integral to the future of racial classification
in America. First, from the racialists perspective, they ask if
there is no such thing as race, what would it look like if it
existed? Furthermore, if the premise is accepted that there are no
biological races, and there is much compelling evidence presented
in the literature, then how is it that a person of European
ancestry is easily distinguished from a person of African or Asian
ancestry? In this book which brings us closer to answering these
questions, Quintyn begins with a history of the race argument, with
an emphasis on biological anthropology, to give the reader some
critical background information. He gives in chronological order
several biological definitions of race before discussing its
meaning in contemporary society, and touches on race and medicine.
In concluding his study, unlike current books on race, he argues
that the academic consensus that there is no such thing as race is
ultimately pointless.
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