edited by Barbara Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee and Sarah Richardson contributions by Marcus Feldman, Richard Lewontin, Sarah Tate, David Goldstein, Jonathan Kahn, Duanna Fullwiley, Molly Dingel, Mark Shriver, Rick Kittles, Henry Greely, Kimberly Tallbear, Pamela Sankar, Sally Lehrman, Jenny Reardon, Jacqueline Stevens, Alondra Nelson, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Barbara Koenig, Jonathan Marks, John Dupre, Sally Haslanger and Deborah Bolnick
Rutgers University Press, 2008 Cloth: 978-0-8135-4323-9 | Paper: 978-0-8135-4324-6 Library of Congress Classification GN269.R48 2008 Dewey Decimal Classification 305.8
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, the debate over the existence of a biological basis for race has been revived. In Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age, interdisciplinary scholars join forces to examine the new social, political, and ethical concerns that are attached to how we think about emerging technologies and their impact on current conceptions of race and identity.
Essays explore a range of topics that include drug development and the production of race-based therapeutics, the ways in which genetics could contribute to future health disparities, the social implications of ancestry mapping, and the impact of emerging race and genetics research on public policy and the media.
As genetic research expands its reach, this volume takes an important step toward creating a useful interdisciplinary dialogue about its implications.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Barbara Koenig is a professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and is a faculty associate at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee is a senior research scholar at the Center for Biomedical Ethics and lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University.
Sarah S. Richardson is a doctoral student in the Program in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University.
REVIEWS
"This very important and timely volume should be of interest to any readers interested in human variation and how developments in biomedical sciences—especially the mapping of the human genome—impact the long-standing debate surrounding the concept of race. The book's multidisciplinary nature makes it unique and particularly thought-provoking. Highly recommended."
— Choice
"There are vigorous proponents for the continued use of race as a proxy for ancestry, some represented in this collection. Yet the full value of Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age—and the editors' trenchant analytic summaries—is that the volume substantially raises the level and the terms of the debate. That deserves applause from all sides."
— Troy Duster, Science
"The interdisciplinary discussion on genetics and race presented in Revisiting Race in the Genomic Age brings us closer to an understanding of genetics and racism."
— Journal of American Ethnic History
"In this complex context, there is a clear need for interdisciplinary studies that
could enlighten us regarding human genetic variation, bringing together experts in
the biological sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. Scientists working
in human genetics today need a solid cultural background in science, history, and
the philosophy of science. The volume represents a first and useful answer to these
needs."
— Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
"Developments in molecular biology have fundamentally changed our understanding of the human genome and the role of genes in human health and behavior. This important, timely, and richly informative volume examines the diverse implications of modern human genetics for one of the most challenging and vexing constructs ever devised for describing humans: 'race'."
— William W. Dressler, University of Alabama
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword
Lawrence D. Bobo
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Race and Genetics in a Genomic Age
Barbara A. Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, and Sarah Richardson
Part I. Concepts of Race
1. Race: Past, Present, and Future
Jonathan Marks
2. What Genes Are, and Why There Are No 'Genes for Race'
John Dupr¿
3. A Social Constructionist Analysis of Race
Sally Haslanger
4. Individual Ancestry Inference and the Reification of Race as a Biological Phenomenon
Deborah A. Bolnick
Part II. Race-targeted Research and Therapeutics
5. Race, Ancestry and Medicine
Marcus W. Feldman and Richard C. Lewontin
6. Will Tomorrow's Medicines Work for Everyone?
Sarah K. Tate and David B. Goldstein
7. Patenting Race in a Genomic Age
Jonathan Kahn
8. The Molecularization of Race: US Health Institutions, Pharmacogenetics Practice and Public Science after the Genome
Duana Fullwiley
9. Tracking "Race" in Addiction Research
Molly J. Dingel and Barbara A. Koenig
Part III. Genetic Ancestry, Identity and Group Membership
10. Genetic Ancestry and the Search for Personalized Genetic Histories
Mark D. Shriver and Rick A Kittles
11. Genetic Genealogy: Genetics Meets the Marketplace
Henry T. Greely
12. Native-American-DNA.com: In Search of Native American Race and Tribe
Kimberly TallBear
13. The Factness of Diaspora: Kinship Aspirations and Genetic Genealogy Testing
Alondra Nelson
Part IV. Race and Genetics in Public Discourse
14. Moving Beyond the Two Race Mantra
Pamela Sankar
15. Cops, Sports, and Schools: How the News Media Frames Coverage of Genetics and Race
Sally Lehrman
16. Race Without Salvation: Beyond the Science/Society Divide in Genomic Studies of Human Diversity
Jenny Reardon
17. The Feasibility of Government Oversight for NIH-Funded Population Genetics Research
Jacqueline Stevens
18. Racial Realism and the Discourse of Responsibility for Health Disparities in a Genomic Age
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee
Notes on Contributors
Index
edited by Barbara Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee and Sarah Richardson contributions by Marcus Feldman, Richard Lewontin, Sarah Tate, David Goldstein, Jonathan Kahn, Duanna Fullwiley, Molly Dingel, Mark Shriver, Rick Kittles, Henry Greely, Kimberly Tallbear, Pamela Sankar, Sally Lehrman, Jenny Reardon, Jacqueline Stevens, Alondra Nelson, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Barbara Koenig, Jonathan Marks, John Dupre, Sally Haslanger and Deborah Bolnick
Rutgers University Press, 2008 Cloth: 978-0-8135-4323-9 Paper: 978-0-8135-4324-6
With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, the debate over the existence of a biological basis for race has been revived. In Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age, interdisciplinary scholars join forces to examine the new social, political, and ethical concerns that are attached to how we think about emerging technologies and their impact on current conceptions of race and identity.
Essays explore a range of topics that include drug development and the production of race-based therapeutics, the ways in which genetics could contribute to future health disparities, the social implications of ancestry mapping, and the impact of emerging race and genetics research on public policy and the media.
As genetic research expands its reach, this volume takes an important step toward creating a useful interdisciplinary dialogue about its implications.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Barbara Koenig is a professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and is a faculty associate at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee is a senior research scholar at the Center for Biomedical Ethics and lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University.
Sarah S. Richardson is a doctoral student in the Program in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University.
REVIEWS
"This very important and timely volume should be of interest to any readers interested in human variation and how developments in biomedical sciences—especially the mapping of the human genome—impact the long-standing debate surrounding the concept of race. The book's multidisciplinary nature makes it unique and particularly thought-provoking. Highly recommended."
— Choice
"There are vigorous proponents for the continued use of race as a proxy for ancestry, some represented in this collection. Yet the full value of Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age—and the editors' trenchant analytic summaries—is that the volume substantially raises the level and the terms of the debate. That deserves applause from all sides."
— Troy Duster, Science
"The interdisciplinary discussion on genetics and race presented in Revisiting Race in the Genomic Age brings us closer to an understanding of genetics and racism."
— Journal of American Ethnic History
"In this complex context, there is a clear need for interdisciplinary studies that
could enlighten us regarding human genetic variation, bringing together experts in
the biological sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. Scientists working
in human genetics today need a solid cultural background in science, history, and
the philosophy of science. The volume represents a first and useful answer to these
needs."
— Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
"Developments in molecular biology have fundamentally changed our understanding of the human genome and the role of genes in human health and behavior. This important, timely, and richly informative volume examines the diverse implications of modern human genetics for one of the most challenging and vexing constructs ever devised for describing humans: 'race'."
— William W. Dressler, University of Alabama
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Foreword
Lawrence D. Bobo
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Race and Genetics in a Genomic Age
Barbara A. Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, and Sarah Richardson
Part I. Concepts of Race
1. Race: Past, Present, and Future
Jonathan Marks
2. What Genes Are, and Why There Are No 'Genes for Race'
John Dupr¿
3. A Social Constructionist Analysis of Race
Sally Haslanger
4. Individual Ancestry Inference and the Reification of Race as a Biological Phenomenon
Deborah A. Bolnick
Part II. Race-targeted Research and Therapeutics
5. Race, Ancestry and Medicine
Marcus W. Feldman and Richard C. Lewontin
6. Will Tomorrow's Medicines Work for Everyone?
Sarah K. Tate and David B. Goldstein
7. Patenting Race in a Genomic Age
Jonathan Kahn
8. The Molecularization of Race: US Health Institutions, Pharmacogenetics Practice and Public Science after the Genome
Duana Fullwiley
9. Tracking "Race" in Addiction Research
Molly J. Dingel and Barbara A. Koenig
Part III. Genetic Ancestry, Identity and Group Membership
10. Genetic Ancestry and the Search for Personalized Genetic Histories
Mark D. Shriver and Rick A Kittles
11. Genetic Genealogy: Genetics Meets the Marketplace
Henry T. Greely
12. Native-American-DNA.com: In Search of Native American Race and Tribe
Kimberly TallBear
13. The Factness of Diaspora: Kinship Aspirations and Genetic Genealogy Testing
Alondra Nelson
Part IV. Race and Genetics in Public Discourse
14. Moving Beyond the Two Race Mantra
Pamela Sankar
15. Cops, Sports, and Schools: How the News Media Frames Coverage of Genetics and Race
Sally Lehrman
16. Race Without Salvation: Beyond the Science/Society Divide in Genomic Studies of Human Diversity
Jenny Reardon
17. The Feasibility of Government Oversight for NIH-Funded Population Genetics Research
Jacqueline Stevens
18. Racial Realism and the Discourse of Responsibility for Health Disparities in a Genomic Age
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee
Notes on Contributors
Index
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC