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Superior: The Return of Race Science is a timely and unfortunately necessary book giving what is going on in the world today - the rise and prominence of the far-right, Brexit and Trump just to name a few.
This book examines how science has be used to determine if there is a biological explanation to explain perceived differences in " racial groups". And how this information has been used and misused and altered ...more
Superior: The Return of Race Science is a timely and unfortunately necessary book giving what is going on in the world today - the rise and prominence of the far-right, Brexit and Trump just to name a few.
This book examines how science has be used to determine if there is a biological explanation to explain perceived differences in " racial groups". And how this information has been used and misused and altered ...more
Jul 27, 2020
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Superior: The Return of Race Science was an extremely thought provoking book. Reading it against the back drop of the global pandemic made it even more poignant, as once again us in the West are being told that Black and Asian were dying at a significantly higher proportion than the majority of the UK population, when it is due to socio-economics that the disparities exist. This is apparent when you see the death rates, particularly in Africa and the Caribbean are not comparable (bar South Afric
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Jun 27, 2020
Caleb
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May 27, 2019
Angelina Todd
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