Defining Boundaries is a project created by Madeline Ng and Claire Flint-Anderson. The goal of the project is to illustrate that while some human traits are inherited, race is socially constructed.
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Stick Figure Race Game
This interactive game was created by Claire and Madeline to illustrate how there are more differences between individuals than between populations.
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Race to the bottom
This podcast from the Genetics Society discusses the history of human genome research, racist rhetorics, and race science.
Results from a Prostate Cancer Admixture Mapping Study in African American Men
This resource is a scientific study assessing whether genetic mutations (SNPs) contribute to differing rates of prostate cancer between white and…
How Not To Talk About Race and Genetics
This resource is an open letter/article that directly refutes David Reich's article, "How Genetics is Changing Our Understanding of Race."