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They Say It’s in the Genes: Decoding Racial Ideology in Genomics

2011-07-06

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Science is delving into genetics more deeply and thoroughly than ever before, and in the process, scientists are uncovering new layers of “truth” about the essence of humanity and human disease. But in a social world colored by inequalities and value judgments that place some members of humanity above others, to what degree is genome science codifying ideology in our very genes? Thirty secondary interviews with ge...

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DOI: 10.1177/0891241611412779

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