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The race myth : why we pretend race exists in America

Call Number

  • 305.8 G7765 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Penguin, c2005.

Physical Description

xxxii, 286 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Contents

  • How biology refutes our racial myths
  • "Great is our sin" : a brief history of racism
  • Sexual selection, reproduction, and social dominance
  • Jungle fever : race, sexuality, and marriage
  • America is enough to make you sick : differential health and mortality for racial minorities
  • Europeans, not West Africans, dominate the NBA : the social construction of race and sports
  • On whose nature nurture never could stick : race, genetics, and intelligence in the new millennium
  • Conclusion : two paths : choosing up sides or joining hands.

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