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  • Author takes on modern myths about race

    Author takes on modern myths about race Skokie Review Chicago, Illinois 2013-04-05 Mike Isaacs he 8-year-old girl who had difficulty breathing had been misdiagnosed for a long time, but then a technician looked at her X-ray and asked incredulously why she had not been treated for cystic fibrosis. The reason was because she was black,…

  • The operationalization of race and ethnicity concepts in medical classification systems: issues of validity and utility

    The operationalization of race and ethnicity concepts in medical classification systems: issues of validity and utility Health Informatics Journal Volume 11, Number 4 (December 2005) pages 259-274 DOI: 10.1177/1460458205055688 Peter J. Aspinall, Emeritus Reader in Population Health University of Kent, UK This article looks at the operationalization of race and ethnicity concepts in medical classification…

  • Beyond Race: Human Biological Diversity (Third Edition)

    Beyond Race: Human Biological Diversity (Third Edition) Cognella 2013 Joelle Presson, Affiliate Research Assistant Professor Department of Biology University of Maryland Jan Jenner University of Alabama, Birmingham Race. It’s an idea that dominates our culture and continues to generate societal tensions. But what really are human races? Are races meaningful in a biological sense? What…

  • The Mismeasure of Man

    The Mismeasure of Man W. W. Norton & Company June 1996 (Originally published in 1981) 448 pages 5.5 × 8.3 in Paperback ISBN: 978-0-393-31425-0 Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002), Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology Harvard University The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve. When published in 1981, The Mismeasure…

  • Racial Theories in Context (Second Edition)

    Racial Theories in Context (Second Edition) Cognella 2013 224 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60927-056-8 Edited by: Jared Sexton, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Film & Media Studies University of California, Irvine This book presents a critical framework for understanding how and why race matters — past, present, and future. The readings trace the historical…

  • Race and Ethnic Relations in the Twenty-First Century: History, Theory, Institutions, and Policy

    Race and Ethnic Relations in the Twenty-First Century: History, Theory, Institutions, and Policy Cognella 2011 436 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-93555-160-7 Edited by: Rashawn Ray, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Maryland, College Park This book examines the major theoretical and empirical approaches regarding race/ethnicity. Its goal is to continue to place race and ethnic relations…

  • DNA Ancestry Tests: Simultaneously Powerful and Limited

    DNA Ancestry Tests: Simultaneously Powerful and Limited KQED QUEST KQED: Public Media for Northern California 2013-04-08 Dr. Barry Starr, Geneticist-in-Residence Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California Using a common DNA ancestry test, President Obama would be 100% Caucasian. Sometimes genetic tests aren’t as useful as you think they will be. For example, if President…

  • Racial Myths

    Human miscegenation has been and is the subject of infinite debate. Opinions on the subject are conditioned by the views of the disputants on race and racial differences, the opponents of miscegenation starting from the assumption of racial inequality, whereas its defenders take the view that the differences between human groups are not such as…

  • TEDxNorthwesternU – Rick Kittles – The Biology of Race in the Absence of Biological Races

    TEDxNorthwesternU – Rick Kittles – The Biology of Race in the Absence of Biological Races TEDxTalks 2011-01-25 Rick Kittles, Professor of Medicine University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine Defining “race” continues to be a nemesis. Knowledge from human genetic research is increasingly challenging the notion that race and biology are inextricably linked, engendering tremendous…

  • The Growing Need for a National Eugenic Program

    The Growing Need for a National Eugenic Program Bios Volume 7, Number 3 (October, 1936) pages 176-187 Sue D. Comer Mississippi Stale College for Women This paper received second award in the 1936 undergraduate competition. There has been much discussion during the past half century concerning Eugenics. This discussion has not been limited to scientists…