How Much Can DNA Really Tell Us About Race? From Identity (In the Mirror) to Identification at the Crime Scene

7/2/2007; 54 minutes

One of the leading authorities on race and science, Troy Duster discusses how the understanding of race is being reshaped by the genomics revolution. Sometimes unintentionally and sometimes not so innocently, genomics may be generating a new and more sophisticated racism, not so different from the eugenics-based and criminological racism that flourished in decades gone by. (#13008)

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