The most important part of steve heine's research and theory on genetic essentialism is that when we think something's genetic, we think it's immutable. And that means there's nothing we can do about it. I think salvation lies in people getting much more educated about the complexity of genetics. If you care about good outcomes for society from an equity perspective, you kind of can't ignore genetics,. You can't have misguided, simplicitic understanding of genetics either.
Also: does knowing your family history affect your identity?