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Is DNA Research Giving New Life to the Idea That Race Exists?
Posted on Oct 18, 2007, Source: ColorLines
The study of human genes has resurged a debate about the nature of race, with dangerous consequences for criminal justice.
This Person Doesn't Sound White
Posted on Oct 27, 2003, Source: ColorLines
As I contemplate naming my son, I'm torn between the wish to emphasize his ethnicity and the desire to minimize the potential for discrimination against him.