Racism, Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Joseph L. Graves; Alan H. Goodman

Published by Columbia University Press 2021

Racism, Not Race

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Joseph L. Graves and Alan H. Goodman

https://doi.org/10.7312/grav20066

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Joseph L. Graves Jr. is a professor in the Department of Biology at North Carolina A&T State University. He is a fellow of the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His books include The Emperor’s New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium (2001) and The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America (2005).

Alan H. Goodman is a professor of biological anthropology at Hampshire College and a former vice president for academic affairs. He is a past president of the American Anthropological Association and codirects its public education project on race. He is a coauthor of Race: Are We So Different? (second edition, 2019), among other books.

Reviews

Brings a new angle and an accessible approach to the ongoing reckoning with race in America.

An entertaining and informative read that will serve as a jumping-off point for countless discussions about racism.

Ian Tattersall, author of Troublesome Science: The Misuse of Genetics and Genomics in Understanding Race:
In Racism, Not Race, Graves and Goodman lay out comprehensively and accessibly why notions of race are social constructs that cannot be justified in biological terms. Packed with contemporary and historical references that place race in perspective, this is an authoritative clarification of an issue that is critically important for society but is widely misunderstood despite its ever more pressing ramifications. A valuable resource.

Charmaine DM Royal, director of the Duke Center on Genomics, Race, Identity, Difference:
A timely tapestry of questions and answers on race and racism! Joseph Graves and Alan Goodman have intricately disentangled and woven together biological race, socially defined race, and racism, providing a strategy for addressing not only the consequences of systemic racism but more importantly, the root cause—the ideology of a hierarchy of human value. Brilliant work!

Johnnetta Betsch Cole, author of Racism in American Public Life: A Call to Action:
In this timely and important book, Professors Graves and Goodman provide detailed explanations in response to questions about race and racism. They have also followed the 'Noah principle.' Indeed, it is not enough to simply predict the rain. One must also build arks. And that is what Professors Graves and Goodman have done. They offer concrete steps that can be taken to help to eliminate the scourge of racism, as well as other systems of oppression, that continue to plague our nation.

Ken Burns, filmmaker:
What a timely and thoughtful book, posing in Socratic fashion the central questions of our struggling republic.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
QUESTIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction. WHAT ARE RACE, RACISM, AND HUMAN VARIATION? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. HOW DID RACE BECOME BIOLOGICAL? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter Two. EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GENETICS AND RACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter Three. EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT RACISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter Four. WHY DO RACES DIFFER IN DISEASE INCIDENCE? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Chapter Five. LIFE HISTORY, AGING, AND MORTALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Chapter Six. ATHLETICS, BODIES, AND ABILITIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter Seven. INTELLIGENCE, BRAINS, AND BEHAVIORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Chapter Eight. DRIVING WHILE BLACK AND OTHER DEADLY REALITIES OF INSTITUTIONAL AND SYSTEMIC RACISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Chapter Nine. DNA AND ANCESTRY TESTING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter Ten. RACE NAMES AND “RACE MIXING” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Chapter Eleven. A WORLD WITHOUT RACISM? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
CONCLUSIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: General/trade;
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- Other: 17 b&w figures
Keywords: discrimination; segregation; race science; diversity; inclusion; human evolution

eBook

Published: December 21, 2021
ISBN: 9780231553735