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Futureproof Gold: Is There Any Scientific Basis for Race?

Jonathan Mc Crea is white. Serena Williams is black.  For better or worse we humans seem to have...

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13.07 12 Jun 2020


Futureproof Gold: Is There Any Scientific Basis for Race?



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13.07 12 Jun 2020


Jonathan Mc Crea is white. Serena Williams is black. 

For better or worse we humans seem to have this compulsion to categorize ourselves in these terms.

But what, if any, merit do these categories of race have?

Gavin Evans is the author of Skin Deep: Journeys in the Divisive Science of Race. 

First Aired: 05/09/2019


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