Monday, June 6, 2022

The Use of Genetic Research to Justify Racism

 This is a piece I wrote about the Buffalo mass shooter, who justified his actions in part by citing genetic studies. Some of these were obvious race science, but I am more focused on the “educational attainment” genetic study he cites, that is considered respectable by the scientific community and was heavily cited by Kathryn Paige Harden in her “Genetic Lottery” book (my review of that book, here).