Against Twenty-First-Century Race Science
Scientists claim they can solve racial inequalities in health care through genetics. It’s a wrongheaded and dangerous approach: Reading race into our DNA will only make racism into scientific doctrine.
Dr. Tina Sikka is a lecturer in Media and Culture at Newcastle University (UK) working in the areas of feminist science studies, critical race theory, health, and the environment. Her latest book is Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice: The Standpoint of the Vulnerable, published with Springer Press.
Scientists claim they can solve racial inequalities in health care through genetics. It’s a wrongheaded and dangerous approach: Reading race into our DNA will only make racism into scientific doctrine.