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• Title:How to argue with a racist : history, science, race and reality / Adam Rutherford.
  
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• Author/Creator:Rutherford, Adam, author.
  
• Published/Created:London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: GN269 .R88 2020
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Science--Social aspects.
  Racism.
  Social evolution.
  Human evolution.
  Sociogenomics.
  
• Medical Subjects: Cultural Evolution
  
• Description:207 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. Stereotypes and myths about race are expressed not just by overt racists, but also by well-intentioned people whose experience and cultural baggage steer them towards views that are not supported by the modern study of human genetics. Even some scientists are uncomfortable expressing opinions deriving from their research where it relates to race. Yet, if understood correctly, science and history can be powerful allies against racism, granting the clearest view of how people actually are, rather than how we judge them to be.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781474611244 hardcover
  1474611249 hardcover
  9781474611268 (ePub ebook)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Skin in the Game
  2. Your Ancestors Are My Ancestors
  3. Black Power
  4. White Matter.