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Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century
Written by Dorothy Roberts
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An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.
Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a biological category written in our genes.
This groundbreaking book by legal scholar and social critic Dorothy Roberts examines how the myth of race as a biological concept-revived by purportedly cutting-edge science, race-specific drugs, genetic testing, and DNA databases-continues to undermine a just society and promote inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.
Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a biological category written in our genes.
This groundbreaking book by legal scholar and social critic Dorothy Roberts examines how the myth of race as a biological concept-revived by purportedly cutting-edge science, race-specific drugs, genetic testing, and DNA databases-continues to undermine a just society and promote inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.
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Dorothy Roberts
Dorothy Marie Roberts was born in Middlesex, North Carolina. In 1987, Dorothy accepted Jesus as her Lord and savior. From that time forward, she has been a faithful servant in the body of Christ. Dorothy received her license to preach in 1990. She recognized her call to prayer and intercession many years after being privileged to pray with powerful women. Dorothy's mission is to mentor others who carry the burden of prayer.
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