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The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea

Sussman, Robert Wald·2014·Harvard University Press eBooks
DOI 10.4159/harvard.9780674736160
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Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions. Pondering the continuing influence of racist research and thought, despite all evidence to the contrary, Robert Sussman explains why—when it comes to race—too many people still mistake bigotry for science.

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  • Race is a myth.

    “As highlighted in the critical-race literature, even race is a myth (Sussman, 2014)”

    From Complex Racial Trauma: Evidence, Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (2023) · cites this paper as Sussman, 2014

  • In contrast to Linnaeus, Buffon was interested in process or adaptation.

    “In contrast to Linnaeus, Buffon was interested in process (Sussman, 2014) or what we would now refer to as adaptation.”

    From Skin color and race (2021) · cites this paper as Sussman, 2014

  • Kant considered skin color evidence of "unchanging and unchangeable moral quality" and thus ultimately of free will.

    “Skin color was evidence of “unchanging and unchangeable moral quality” (Eze, 1995, p. 219) and thus ultimately of free will (Sussman, 2014).”

    From Skin color and race (2021) · cites this paper as Sussman, 2014

  • Kant's views on the origin and nature of races changed over the years, but his belief in the direct connection between skin color and character remained firm.

    “His views on the origin and nature of races changed over the years, but his belief in the direct connection between skin color and character remained firm.”

    From Skin color and race (2021) · cites this paper as Sussman, 2014

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Authors
Sussman, R. W.
Corresponding author
Sussman, Robert Wald
Venue
Harvard University Press eBooks
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Published
2014-12-31
DOI
10.4159/harvard.9780674736160
OpenAlex
W4234576843
Cited by
211
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 60 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 1
FWCI
7.62
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Harvard University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Race, Genetics, and Society
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medical History and Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
Keywords
race, eugenics, racism, scientific racism, racial theory, pseudoscience, human evolution, social construction of race

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