A new commentary piece in Nature today frets over the rise of eugenics and white supremacy, especially in the field of genetics.
One way to fight these folks? Direct-to-consumer ancestry-testing services. Wait, that’s just feeding the eugenicists! So are legit academic journals, studies on genetic variation across regions, and more. Seems like white nationalists are getting platformed everywhere.
The only fix if we can’t tackle their ideas with science? Call out “abhorrent” research and deplatform them. The “new genomic race science” stops dead. Also, teach kids it’s all junk racist science — nothing to see here, folks. And keep pushing DEI.
One way to fight these folks? Direct-to-consumer ancestry-testing services. Wait, that’s just feeding the eugenicists! So are legit academic journals, studies on genetic variation across regions, and more. Seems like white nationalists are getting platformed everywhere.
The only fix if we can’t tackle their ideas with science? Call out “abhorrent” research and deplatform them. The “new genomic race science” stops dead. Also, teach kids it’s all junk racist science — nothing to see here, folks. And keep pushing DEI.
Source: nature.com/articles/d4158…
Someone should tip off the good doctor about the NIH’s latest statement.
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