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Jan. 15, 2010
Science and Race
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| What is race -- and what distinctions really matter? In this segment, we'll hear about a traveling science exhibition on race produced by the American Anthropological Association. Are we so different? Can you look at someone's genes and tell what race they are? |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
Guests
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Alan Goodman
Past President, American Anthropological Association
Co-director, The Race Project
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts -
Pilar N. Ossorio
Associate Professor of Law and Bioethics
University of Wisconsin, School of Law and School of Medicine
Madison, Wisconsin -
Esteban Gonz�lez Burchard
Associate Professor
Departments of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences & Medicine
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
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