Journal Article
Clines Without Classes: How to Make Sense of Human Variation
Joan H. Fujimura, Deborah A. Bolnick, Ramya Rajagopalan, Jay S. Kaufman, Richard C. Lewontin, Troy Duster, Pilar Ossorio and Jonathan Marks
Sociological Theory
Vol. 32, No. 3, A Symposium on "The Genomic Challenge to the Social Construction of Race" (SEPTEMBER 2014), pp. 208-227
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by: American Sociological Association
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43186673
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Topics: Human genetics, Evolutionary genetics, Genetic variation, Ancestry, Genetic research, Behavioral genetics, Principal components analysis, Geography
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Abstract
This article examines Shiao, Bode, Beyer, and Selvig's (2012) arguments in their article "The Genomic Challenge to the Social Construction of Race" and finds that their claims are based on fundamentally flawed interpretations of current genetic research. We discuss current genomic and genetic knowledge about human biological variation to demonstrate why and how Shiao et al.'s recommendations for future sociological studies and social policy, based on their inadequate understanding of genomic methods and evidence, are similarly flawed and will lead sociology astray.
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