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Superior: The Return of Race Science | Angela Saini

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An interesting and accessible read focusing on race science. Even though we have made progress we still have a long way to go when it comes to race and superiority
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Emilymdxn

Superior: The Return of Race Science | Angela Saini

Turns out I have nooooot read my science books by authors of colour. Part of me wants to say that‘s cause I barely read any science books, but the ones I do read are pretty much all by white people. I think it might just be these four that I‘ve read?? Definitely room to improve. I do recommend all these four tho!

@ChasingOm #integrateyourshelf

INeedToReadMore Wtf?? What does race/skin color have ANYTHING to do with science books??? What kind of ignorant racism is this? It shouldn't matter who the book is written by so long as you're interested in the topic. Get off this 'reading books by non-white people makes me a good person' ideal.

Emilymdxn @INeedToReadMore this post is part of a weekly challenge some of us are doing to look at how much of what we‘ve read or what‘s on our tbr is by people of colour, just to be aware of it and think more critically about what we read. I read a lot of whatever I want to read by a huge range of authors but I also think it‘s important to make sure that‘s covering a range of backgrounds and experiences. 4y

INeedToReadMore Yeah SCIENCE backgrounds. There are many famous scientists who are Black American, Asian, African, mIddle Eastern, European, etc. They're scientists because of their hard work NOT their race. To read their books/science papers purely because they're "not white" is an absolute insult to their hard work and to science. First thing I see on this app is an ignorant racist white girl. I'm defenitly uninstalling. 4y

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Chrissyreadit I was taken aback by the above comments, and thought how would a scientist explain the large gap in science of persons of color? So for my unscientific approach, I googled science books and looked at the good reads list- that demonstrates a majority of books written by white males. Hmmm. Seems odd that with the many brilliant minds on this planet POC and women are not equally represented- could it be because of inherent rascism? 4y

Chrissyreadit I‘m so glad that #integrateyourshelf is bringing awareness of the disproportionate acsdemic, scientific and historical writers of our books and sources. 4y

LiteraryinPA ... Yikes. Sorry you were on the receiving end of that. I agree with @Chrissyreadit and your explanation for what the group is doing. Like you said, you‘re not ONLY using race to select what you read, you‘re just being more mindful about the inherent biases in publishing and looking to read widely from many viewpoints. 4y

Ruthiella My first experience of a troll in Litsy. 😣 4y

rwmg Well THAT was totally uncalled-for. Virtual hugs and good thoughts winging your way through cyberspace, Emily. 4y

TrishB Rude and uncalled for. Hopefully they‘ve disappeared. 4y

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Birdsong28

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Good. Explores how some people believe that they are the superior race by deliving into the history of race science and how it is presented today. I listened to the audiobook version of this.

#lockdownlist
#Audible

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alexa_d

Superior: The Return of Race Science | Angela Saini

“Psychologists know that if you have an identical twin who's been divorced, statistically you're more likely to be divorced yourself. There's no suggestion there's such a thing as a gene for divorce, because people understand this to be a complex outcome, influenced by countless factors, including social and personality factors. I think there are limits to how much we can understand…looking from the bottom up.“ -Eric Turkheimer

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alexa_d

Superior: The Return of Race Science | Angela Saini

I'm listening to the audiobook of this, but I had to grab a screenshot of this quote from Google Books, just because I feel like it most succinctly summarizes the essential thesis of the book: “race science“ is BAD science. Science does not START with conclusions (it barely even ends with them). #FebruaryTBR #BlackHistoryMonth #Audible

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Moray_Reads

Superior: The Return of Race Science | Angela Saini

Page 4 and I'm already dumbfounded

Suet624 Good lord. 5y

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SW-T

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A very interesting read, but also saddening too. While things have certainly improved, it‘s depressing to think people out there still believe in things like eugenics. While a lot of this isn‘t new information, it‘s still well presented. A worthwhile read.

Weaponxgirl This has been on my radar since it came out and I enjoyed her previous book inferior. Stacked 5y

SW-T I have Inferior stacked. Thought it would complement

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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shanaqui

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In the end, I found this book fascinating as a history of race science and racism in science, but for me it's not nearly as helpful in actually refuting the data presented by race science. I don't have any hard data I didn't have before.

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