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Fatal Invention: Re-Creating Race in the Genomic Era
June 2, 2021 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The mapping of the human genome in 2003 confirmed that race is not written in our genes. As Dorothy Roberts explains, race is a social category that was invented to support an unjust political hierarchy. Yet we are witnessing the re-creation of race in biological terms using cutting-edge genomic science and biotechnologies, such as race-specific medicines and ancestry tests, that incorporate false assumptions of racial difference at the genetic level.
Speaker or Presenter Dorothy Roberts, J.D.
Location Virtual via BlueJeans
Host Fred Hutch Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
