According to the National Institute of Medicine, “race science [is] the proposition that there are biologically determined and hierarchically ranked racial groups, with white people at the pinnacle of the racial hierarchy, is foundational to the claims of white supremacy.” Race science is the common foundation of “science-backed” racism, such as eugenics. The article by The Guardian ensures its readers that the notations made by followers of race science do not represent the research on the website.
The idea of race science can be confronted and disproven by remembering the fact that race is a social construct, designed by humans. The ethical dilemma of using “race science” as serious genetic research is that it can be used as a weapon in the world of medicine, delaying the developments of medicines and treatments.
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