![]() YLW: But race is not biological, it’s purely a political creation.ĭR: I thought this trend was supporting a false concept of race. The more I looked into it, I saw there were more scientists that said they discovered race in the genes, more products coming out showing that race is a natural division. And also a growing acceptance among colleagues and speakers that race really is biological and somehow genomic science will soon discover the biological truths about race. ![]() Ytasha L Womack: Why did you write Fatal Invention?ĭorothy Roberts: I decided to write it because I have noticed resurgence in the use of the term race as a biological category. Here she discusses the rise in identifying race as biological among some scientists. She is also the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Northwestern University School of Law and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, with appointments in the departments of Sociology and African American Studies. Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologiesĭorothy Roberts is author of the book Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century (New Press, 2011). ![]() ![]() Dorothy Roberts Debunks Race as Biological in “Fatal Invention” ![]()
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