Science, medicine, sundown towns
From nostalgia_lj: race and schizophrenia in the uk.
Similarly, the impact of racism on mental and physical health: How racism hurts -- literally.
Medical care and racism: this is your war on drugs: studies reveal different treatment, including different medications, given in US ERs based on race and ethnicity.
Nurturing prejudice a matter of nature: "A Melbourne study has found people who think humans are characterised by their genes - rather than the environment - are less accepting of Asian immigrants. They believe people of Asian backgrounds will "always remain different" from other Australians, and prefer to keep a distance from such immigrants."
Changing the face of the gene pool: "Last week, scientists added to a growing pile of papers that indicate human evolution is not only continuing, but may be accelerating at an unprecedented pace. Where this will take us has become one of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology."
All blue-eyed people can be traced back to one ancestor who lived 10,000 years ago near the Black Sea, sez the Daily Mail, in a headline of epic length.
An interesting piece from 2003: Unnatural Selection: Carl Zimmer reviews War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race, in light of James Watson's remarks about genetics and intelligence. Watson of course recently disgraced himself by publicly remarking that people of African descent are less intelligent than other humans, only to have his own genome reveal an African ancestor.
How to out a sundown town - the deliberate pushing out of Black Americans (and other minorities) from small towns and suburbs.
Similarly, the impact of racism on mental and physical health: How racism hurts -- literally.
Medical care and racism: this is your war on drugs: studies reveal different treatment, including different medications, given in US ERs based on race and ethnicity.
Nurturing prejudice a matter of nature: "A Melbourne study has found people who think humans are characterised by their genes - rather than the environment - are less accepting of Asian immigrants. They believe people of Asian backgrounds will "always remain different" from other Australians, and prefer to keep a distance from such immigrants."
Changing the face of the gene pool: "Last week, scientists added to a growing pile of papers that indicate human evolution is not only continuing, but may be accelerating at an unprecedented pace. Where this will take us has become one of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology."
All blue-eyed people can be traced back to one ancestor who lived 10,000 years ago near the Black Sea, sez the Daily Mail, in a headline of epic length.
An interesting piece from 2003: Unnatural Selection: Carl Zimmer reviews War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race, in light of James Watson's remarks about genetics and intelligence. Watson of course recently disgraced himself by publicly remarking that people of African descent are less intelligent than other humans, only to have his own genome reveal an African ancestor.
How to out a sundown town - the deliberate pushing out of Black Americans (and other minorities) from small towns and suburbs.