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Why We Pretend Race Exists in America
Plume
July 2006
On Sale: June 28, 2006
320 pages ISBN: 0452286581 EAN: 9780452286580 Trade Size
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Non-Fiction
Does race as we know it really exist?
Preeminent evolutionary biologist Joseph Graves proves once
and for all that it doesn’t. Through accessible and
compelling language, he makes the provocative argument that
science cannot account for the radical categories used to
classify people, and debunks ancient race-related fallacies
that are still held as fact, from damaging medical profiles
to misconceptions about sports. He explains why defining
race according to skin tone or eye shape is woefully
inaccurate, and how making assumptions based on these false
categories regarding IQ, behavior, or predisposition to
disease has devastating effects. Demonstrating that
racial distinctions are in fact social inventions, not
biological truths, The Race Myth brings much-needed,
sound science to one of America’s most emotionally charged
debates.
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