Strange Fruit : Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate
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Debates about race are back and they’re only getting bigger. The US government has licensed a heart drug to be used only on African Americans. A pharmaceutical company is trialling a white-only anti-hepatitis drug.
A genetic study claims that Jews are more intelligent because of their history of money lending. There has recently been a massive upsurge in scientific racial research, and in STRANGE FRUIT, Malik reveals this rise is paradoxically due to the efforts of liberal anti-racism; a movement that celebrates human difference over human commonalities. Navigating readers through the historical and scientific thinking on the subject, Malik shows that races are a social construct – they do not actually exist.
Stressing that scientists should be allowed to study population differences without the distortions of political race debates, Malik provides a gripping and essential guide to understanding difference in a multicultural world.
- Classifications: Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
- Readership:General (US: Trade)
- Format: Paperback softback 341 pages
- Readership:General (US: Trade)
ISBN : 9781851686650
Published : 16 Apr 2009
Author : Kenan Malik
Main Material : Paperback softback
Publisher : Oneworld Publications
Size : 202 x 130 x 28 (mm)
Weight : 382g
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