Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers
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Re: Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers
#2Is this effort shared by, for example, Chinese and Russian geneticists, or is it purely a Western endeavor?
Edit: It seems my suspicion was correct, and at least Chinese anthropology does not share the Western aversion to 'race':
https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/on-...
Re: Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers
#3Is this effort shared by, for example, Chinese and Russian geneticists, or is it purely a Western endeavor? Edit: It seems my suspicion was correct, and at least Chinese anthropology does not share the Western aversion to 'race': https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/on-...
The latter. The problem with this line of thinking is that race is a genetic term. Crime investigators can determine race from a blood droplet. NHS has a monthly begging campaign for "black blood" donations.
And the biggest thing is that race corresponds to generic ancestry with 99.86% accuracy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1196372/
Re: Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers
#4Absolutely absurd, and shows how politicized by the state, and its official ideology, science has become.
It reminds me of this example of life immitating satire:
https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath/status/142161970031280947...
Re: Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers
#5Is this effort shared by, for example, Chinese and Russian geneticists, or is it purely a Western endeavor? Edit: It seems my suspicion was correct, and at least Chinese anthropology does not share the Western aversion to 'race': https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/on-...
The latter. The problem with this line of thinking is that race is a genetic term. Crime investigators can determine race from a blood droplet. NHS has a monthly begging campaign for "black blood" donations. And the biggest thing is that race corresponds to generic ancestry with 99.86% accuracy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1196372/
In other words, it corresponds 100% with genetic ancestry, it’s just asking people to self identify their race that’s problematic.
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Re: Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers
#7Is this effort shared by, for example, Chinese and Russian geneticists, or is it purely a Western endeavor? Edit: It seems my suspicion was correct, and at least Chinese anthropology does not share the Western aversion to 'race': https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/on-...
The latter. The problem with this line of thinking is that race is a genetic term. Crime investigators can determine race from a blood droplet. NHS has a monthly begging campaign for "black blood" donations. And the biggest thing is that race corresponds to generic ancestry with 99.86% accuracy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1196372/
> Crime investigators can determine race from a blood droplet.
Such as determining that a person who is ~75% "white" and ~25% "black" is in fact, "black"?
If "race" is a "genetic term" it is certainly not only a "genetic term".
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#9"...those scientists who objected the dogma have been sent to a reeducation facility in Alaska."
Re: Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers
#10Is this effort shared by, for example, Chinese and Russian geneticists, or is it purely a Western endeavor? Edit: It seems my suspicion was correct, and at least Chinese anthropology does not share the Western aversion to 'race': https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/on-...
The latter. The problem with this line of thinking is that race is a genetic term. Crime investigators can determine race from a blood droplet. NHS has a monthly begging campaign for "black blood" donations. And the biggest thing is that race corresponds to generic ancestry with 99.86% accuracy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1196372/
That's what confuses me. Some people say race is a construct, but then why do ads for sickle cell medicine only have black actors in them?
I don't see how cloaking or censoring ideas of race benefits humanity. I know there's specific problems that are more common in my race. I WANT doctors and scientists to acknowledge that and use that information to improve treatments.
I don't feel outraged, just sort of confused as to what the incentives at play here are.