'Excellent!... Gavin Evans lucidly and comprehensively demolishes the rationale and evidence of the so-called "race science".' Stephen Oppenheimer, author of Out of Eden
A small group of anthropologists, psychologists and pundits would have you believe racial differences are rooted in biological reality. Portraying themselves as brave defenders of the inconvenient truth, this group took the revival of 'race science' from alt-right online message boards into mainstream academic journals. They seek to justify raging social inequalities from poverty to incarceration rates with a simple message: some people are just born to be poor. There's just one problem… race science isn't real.
The first Europeans had dark skin and black curly hair. Culture was born in Africa, not Western Europe. Gavin Evans examines the latest research on how intelligence develops and laying out new discoveries in genetics, palaeontology, archaeology and anthropology to unearth the truth about our shared past. Skin Deep stands up to the pseudo-science deployed to justify colonial rule, the apartheid regime and the vast inequalities that persist today. As race dominates the political agenda, it's time to put the hateful myths about it to bed.
'We must guard science against abuse and reinforce the essential unity of the human species. I am grateful that in Evans we have someone conscientious, brave and willing to do that.' Nature
| ISBN: | 9781786078117 |
| Publication date: | 3rd September 2020 |
| Author: | Gavin Evans |
| Publisher: | Oneworld an imprint of Oneworld Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism Genetics (non-medical) Social and cultural anthropology Far-right political ideologies and movements Medical ethics and professional conduct Social discrimination and social justice History of medicine Medical genetics General and world history Human biology Sociology |
'Excellent!... Gavin Evans lucidly and comprehensively demolishes the rationale and evidence of the so-called "race science".' Stephen Oppenheimer, author of Out of Eden
A small group of anthropologists, psychologists and pundits would have you believe racial differences are rooted in biological reality. Portraying themselves as brave defenders of the inconvenient truth, this group took the revival of 'race science' from alt-right online message boards into mainstream academic journals. They seek to justify raging social inequalities from poverty to incarceration rates with a simple message: some people are just born to be poor. There's just one problem… race science isn't real.
The first Europeans had dark skin and black curly hair. Culture was born in Africa, not Western Europe. Gavin Evans examines the latest research on how intelligence develops and laying out new discoveries in genetics, palaeontology, archaeology and anthropology to unearth the truth about our shared past. Skin Deep stands up to the pseudo-science deployed to justify colonial rule, the apartheid regime and the vast inequalities that persist today. As race dominates the political agenda, it's time to put the hateful myths about it to bed.
'We must guard science against abuse and reinforce the essential unity of the human species. I am grateful that in Evans we have someone conscientious, brave and willing to do that.' Nature
Skin Deep features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Genetics (non-medical), Human biology, Sociology, Medical genetics, General and world history, Politics and government
Skin Deep is available in Paperback, Hardback
Skin Deep was written by Gavin Evans and published by Oneworld an imprint of Oneworld Publications
Skin Deep has 384 pages