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Science in black and white : how biology and environment shape our racial divide

Title
Science in black and white : how biology and environment shape our racial divide / by Alondra Oubré.
Author
Oubré, Alondra Yvette
Publication
Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2020]

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Description
xv, 376 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"This unflinching expose of racially biased research--the Alt-Right's 'scientific wing'--debunks both old and emerging claims of inborn racial disparities"--
Subject
  • Race
  • Nature and nurture
  • Racism in anthropology
  • Racism in psychology
  • Racism in medicine
  • Science > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Nature versus nurture : redrawing the battle lines -- Darwin's legacy : selection and adaptation -- Darwinian medicine -- From bodies to behavior : population genetics and social life -- Architecture of the human brain -- Gendered brains -- The racialized brain -- Brain traits : the view from MRIs -- The search for IQ-linked genes -- Smart genes, big brains, and civilization -- Mean genes : the (un) holy grail of race-realism -- Girl growth : sexual maturation in black and brown bodies -- Testosterone tales of race and aggression -- The AR gene : the "new testosterone."
Call Number
Sc E 21-893
ISBN
  • 9781633886001
  • 163388600X
LCCN
2019014903
OCLC
1088903691
Author
Oubré, Alondra Yvette, author.
Title
Science in black and white : how biology and environment shape our racial divide / by Alondra Oubré.
Publisher
Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
JOURNALIST EXPOSES RACIALLY BIASED RESEARCH OF ALT-RIGHT, DEBUNKING VARIOUS CLAIMS ON CRIME, ETC.
Research Call Number
Sc E 21-893
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