The American Gene
Unnatural Selection Along Class, Race, and Gender Lines
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This book critiques the history of biodeterminism, highlighting how the Human Genome Project has led some to attribute socioeconomic outcomes to genetic inheritance.
It presents research indicating that social and economic environments significantly impact gene expression in specific human traits and social outcomes.
By examining the American white working class, Black Americans, and American women, the authors argue that socioeconomic conditions offer a better explanation for stratified results than genetics.
The book uncovers a history marked by unnecessary suffering and wasted human potential.
It emphasizes the liberating effect of understanding social inheritance and the potential of a nurturing society to foster equality.
It presents research indicating that social and economic environments significantly impact gene expression in specific human traits and social outcomes.
By examining the American white working class, Black Americans, and American women, the authors argue that socioeconomic conditions offer a better explanation for stratified results than genetics.
The book uncovers a history marked by unnecessary suffering and wasted human potential.
It emphasizes the liberating effect of understanding social inheritance and the potential of a nurturing society to foster equality.
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Authored by Robert Czernomus, Gregory Czernomus, and Ian Hudson, it critiques biodeterminist history and ascribing socioeconomic outcomes to genetic inheritance.
Robert Chernomas, Gregory Chernomas, and Ian Hudson, "The American Gene: Unnatural Selection Along Class, Race, and Gender Lines" (Routledge, 2025)
Details new research suggesting that the social and economic environment can affect how genes express themselves.
Robert Chernomas, Gregory Chernomas, and Ian Hudson, "The American Gene: Unnatural Selection Along Class, Race, and Gender Lines" (Routledge, 2025)
