Format:
1 online resource (xxiii, 290 pages)
ISBN:
9780231553735
Content:
In this book, two distinguished scientists tackle common misconceptions about race, human biology, and racism. Using an accessible question-and-answer format, Joseph L. Graves Jr. and Alan H. Goodman show readers why antiracist principles are both just and backed by sound science.
Content:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Questions -- Preface -- Introduction: What Are Race, Racism, and Human Variation? -- 1. How Did Race Become Biological? -- 2. Everything You Wanted to Know About Genetics and Race -- 3. Everything You Wanted to Know About Racism -- 4. Why Do Races Differ in Disease Incidence? -- 5. Life History, Aging, and Mortality -- 6. Athletics, Bodies, and Abilities -- 7. Intelligence, Brains, and Behaviors -- 8. Driving While Black and Other Deadly Realities of Institutional and Systemic Racism -- 9. DNA and Ancestry Testing -- 10. Race Names and "Race Mixing" -- 11. A World Without Racism? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Index.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231200660
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Graves, Joseph L., 1955 - Racism, not race New York : Columbia University Press, 2022 ISBN 9780231200660
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Rassismus
