Invitation to a Dialogue: The Myth of ‘Race’Posted in Articles, Media Archive, Philosophy, Social Science, United States on 2013-07-17 03:11Z by Steven |
Invitation to a Dialogue: The Myth of ‘Race’
The New York Times
2013-07-15
John L. Hodge, Retired lawyer, Former Professor of Philosophy and Author
Boston
To the Editor:
What should we do about “race”?
Over many decades, those who study genetics have found no biological evidence to support the idea that humans consist of different “races.” Based on such scientific data, Ashley Montagu published “Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race” in 1942. New discoveries have confirmed what he said then. So why, over seven decades after his book, do we keep talking and living as though biological “races” exist?
Not only are certain “racial” classifications flawed, as suggested in “Has ‘Caucasian’ Lost Its Meaning?” (Sunday Review, July 7); all “racial” classifications are inherently flawed, because they are based on the false idea of “race.”…
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