erasmusinfinity
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 Posted: Mon 03 Aug 2009 12:41 Post subject: The Race Myth by Joseph Graves |
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The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America by Joseph Graves
Review from Booklist-
| Vernon Ford wrote: | | Graves, an evolutionary biologist and professor, debunks numerous myths associated with the biological basis of race. His central premise is that there is greater variation within socially constructed races than between them, yet biological differences are often presumed to be an acceptable focus in areas of medicine, disease, and other public-oriented concerns. Graves attacks head-on the false assumptions associated with biological distinctions. Although he allows for certain genetic and biological points of differences, he asserts that their interplay with the environment and culture are too often overlooked and that, for example, differences in health and mortality rates between blacks and whites are more reflective of racism than biology. Noting the popular presumptions about blacks being biologically superior athletes, for example, Graves' analysis of track-and-field Olympic events undermines the weak basis of this and other popular fallacies on race. Graves' integration of science and objective analysis with popular biological assumptions about race makes this an enlightening and provocative work. |
I am not meaning to emdorse this book, but I read it recently and I just thought I'd post this to see if I could get some opinions about it from forum members. |
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