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Can Biology Class Reduce Racism?
A dozen teachers volunteered to participate in a study led by Brian Donovan, a science education researcher at the nonprofit BSCS Science Learning, to see the effect of inserting the topic of race and ancestry into science classrooms on students’…
Read MoreHow African Americans Use DNA Testing to Connect With Their Past
In an article in The Atlantic, Dean of social science at Columbia University, Alondra Nelson describes a “new groundswell of root-seeking . . . .We talk about the history of slavery in this country and it feels so abstract. But…
Read MoreKnowing Someone Who Faced Discrimination May Affect Blood Pressure
An NPR segment reported on a “study, which involved 150 African-Americans living in Tallahassee, Fla., found that knowing someone who had experienced racial discrimination was associated with genetic markers that may affect risk for high blood pressure. The genetic markers…
Read MoreScientists call for the removal of race in genetics research
Ancestry is a more useful category than race say Dorothy Roberts, professor of Africana studies, law and sociology at University of Pennsylvania, and Michael Yudell, chair and associate professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University. …
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