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Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 23:19

Race again: Anthropologist Kerim Friedman comments on controversial article

A few days ago, Armand Marie Leroi, an evolutionary developmental biologist at Imperial College in London, wrote a controversial article in the New York Times. She claimed, that contrary to what anthropologists have to say on the subject, perhaps "race" isn't a purely social construct, but does have some scientific validity after all.

Anthropologist and blogger Kerim Friedman comments on this article:

"The sad fact is that race is not simply a shorthand for Leroi's maps with elevations, contour lines, and reference grids, but refers to all kinds of cultural and political differences that have nothing to do with genetics. More importantly, these genetic difference map rather poorly on to our common sense notions about "race," in ways that do nothing to help us understand the many important genetic issues that Leroi believes the term will help us face."

He invited population biologist Fredrick Gentz, a Ph.D. candidate at Temple University, to comment on the article.
>> read more on Kerim Friedman's blog



SEE ALSO:

Alex Golub: OK, OK, one more quick thing on race

Anthropology and Race - Discussions in theClassroom


American Anthropological Association Statement on "Race"

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