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The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America

The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America - Paperback

by Joseph Graves
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joseph GravesAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2005-06-28Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780452286580ISBN-10:452286581UPC:9780452286580Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Minority Studies, Anthropology, DiscriminationBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.02 x 5.88 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCPZMZVAD3
"Graves' integration of science and objective analysis with popular biological assumptions of race makes this an enlightening and provocative work."--Booklist

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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780452286580ISBN-10:452286581UPC:9780452286580Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Minority Studies, Anthropology, DiscriminationBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.02 x 5.88 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCPZMZVAD3
Joseph L. Graves Jr. is one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists. He is currently Professor & Associate Dean for Research at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) of North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has appeared in multiple documentaries about race and his opinions have appeared in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He is also the author of The Emperor's New Clothes.
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr

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