Superior: The Return of Race Science – Angela Saini

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As ethnic and religious nationalism rises around the world, race science is experiencing a revival, fuelled by the misuse of data by politically motivated groups. The story of who humans are and how we evolved is being rewritten to suit their agendas. \n
Even well-intentioned scientists, through their unconscious use of old-fashioned categories, betray their suspicion that race has some basis in biology. In truth, it is no more real than it was hundreds of years ago, when our racial and caste hierarchies were invented and hardened by those in power.I

Engaging with geneticists, anthropologists, historians and social scientists, award-winning author Angela Saini explores the concept of race, from its origins to the present day. This book is a rigorous, much-needed examination of the insidious and destructive nature of the belief that race and caste have biological significance, and that some groups of people are superior to others.

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