Opinion | How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’ – The New York Times

An abiding challenge for our civilization is to treat each human being as an individual and to empower all people, regardless of what hand they are dealt from the deck of life. Compared with the enormous differences that exist among individuals, differences among populations are on average many times smaller, so it should be only a modest challenge to accommodate a reality in which the average genetic contributions to human traits differ. It is important to face whatever science will reveal without prejudging the outcome and with the confidence that we can be mature enough to handle any findings. Arguing that no substantial differences among human populations are possible will only invite the racist misuse of genetics that we wish to avoid.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses, Immunology & Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca
Opinion | How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’ – The New York Times
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