{"id":62941,"date":"2022-02-02T02:45:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T02:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=62941"},"modified":"2022-02-02T22:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T22:30:27","slug":"race-is-a-social-construct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=62941","title":{"rendered":"Race is a Social Construct"},"content":{"rendered":"

Race is a Social Construct<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Center for Health Progress<\/a>
2017-10-24<\/p>\n

Sarah McAfee<\/strong><\/a>
Golden, Colorado<\/em><\/p>\n

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On a recent road trip with my sister, a doctor, we were talking about how race is a social construct. (We\u2019re not the best conversationalists.) She asked, “If there’s no biological basis for race, then why do some medications work better for people of some races than others?” Which is a good question. Since we had a long drive ahead of us, I stalled by pointing out the window at a pretend elk and changed the subject, then did some furious Googling<\/a> when we stopped for gas.<\/p>\n

For hundreds of years, we\u2019ve been told that each race is a discrete group of people defined by specific genetic and biological differences. As a result, we\u2019ve used race as a way of explaining observed differences in health: Sickle Cell Anemia<\/a> is considered a black person disease; Cystic Fibrosis<\/a> is considered a white person disease; we\u2019ve said people of color are genetically pre-disposed to diabetes<\/a>, high blood pressure<\/a>, obesity<\/a>, and other chronic conditions; the FDA has approved drugs for different races<\/a>; and through \u201crace-based medicine<\/a>\u201d we\u2019ve established care standards (such as responding to patients\u2019 pain<\/a>) that vary by race. But it\u2019s all wrong<\/em>…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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