The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea

by Robert Wald Sussman

Book Overview

Biological races do not exist--and never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain deeply ingrained in Western society. In his powerful examination of a persistent, false, and poisonous idea, Robert Sussman explores how race emerged as a social construct from early biblical justifications to the pseudoscientific studies of today.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067466003X
• ISBN13: 9780674660038
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"