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@article{citeulike:232615, abstract = {This paper questions the prevailing historical understanding that scientific racism "retreated" in the 1950s when anthropology adopted the concepts and methods of population genetics and race was recognized to be a social construct and replaced by the concept of population. More accurately, a "populational" concept of race was substituted for a "typological one"--this is demonstrated by looking at the work of Theodosius Dobzhansky circa 1950. The potential for contemporary research in human population genetics to contribute to racism needs to be considered with respect to the ability of the typological-population distinction to arbitrate boundaries between racist society and nonracist, even anti-racist, science. I point out some ethical limits of "population thinking" in doing so.}, address = {Department of Philosophy, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0730, USA. lgannett@csuchico.edu}, author = {Gannett, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {232615}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15948338}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15948338}, issn = {0031-8248}, journal = {Philos Sci}, keywords = {genetic-diversity, race}, number = {3(Suppl.)}, posted-at = {2005-06-20 19:45:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Racism and human genome diversity research: the ethical limits of "population thinking".}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15948338}, volume = {63}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:232615 L3 - citeulike-article-id:232615 N2 - This paper questions the prevailing historical understanding that scientific racism "retreated" in the 1950s when anthropology adopted the concepts and methods of population genetics and race was recognized to be a social construct and replaced by the concept of population. More accurately, a "populational" concept of race was substituted for a "typological one"--this is demonstrated by looking at the work of Theodosius Dobzhansky circa 1950. The potential for contemporary research in human population genetics to contribute to racism needs to be considered with respect to the ability of the typological-population distinction to arbitrate boundaries between racist society and nonracist, even anti-racist, science. I point out some ethical limits of "population thinking" in doing so. IS - 3(Suppl.) JF - Philos Sci SN - 0031-8248 AD - Department of Philosophy, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0730, USA. lgannett@csuchico.edu TI - Racism and human genome diversity research: the ethical limits of "population thinking". VL - 63 KW - genetic-diversity KW - race AU - Gannett, L PY - 2001/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15948338 ER -