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.
Through rigorous historical research, "Race Unmasked" reveals
how genetics and related biological disciplines formed and
preserved ideas of race and, at times, racism throughout the
twentieth century. Surveying the work of some of the twentieth
century's most notable scientists, the book tests and then proves
the limitations of a racial worldview. This new work is a gripping
history of science and scientists that throws the contours of our
current and evolving understanding of human diversity into sharp
relief.
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