The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America
by Joseph Graves
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"While the public debate over the existence of racism and affirmative action continues to rage, preeminent evolutionary biologist Joseph Graves forever changes how we will think about race. Graves argues that science cannot account for the radical categories used to classify people, and goes a step further to describe racism as an unintended consequence of evolution. He offers creative, innovative ways to bring true equality to America." "The Race Myth debunks the ancient fallacies that are show more still held as fact and perpetuated in all areas of life, from damaging medical profiling to misconceptions about athletes. Graves reveals the impossibility that any group of humans now in existence has a separate genetic line of descent. The Race Myth also explains why defining a race according to skin tone or eye shape is woefully inaccurate and why applying these false categories to assumptions about IQ, behavior, or predisposition to disease has devastating effects."--Jacket. show lessTags
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- Original publication date
- 2004-06
- Dedication
- To my family,
in particular my sisters
Alice, Marilyn, and Katherine. - First words
- The traditional concept of race as a biological fact is a myth.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I fervently hope that these words have convinced some of you that the myth can be defeated and that we are better off without it.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Anthropology, Science & Nature, Sociology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 305.8 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Ethnic and national groups
- LCC
- E184 .A1 .G823 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans
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- English
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- Paper
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