The Myth of Race and Public Policy

FDU trustee Dr. Franklyn Jenifer discussed race, genetics and public policy February 9 at the College at Florham. "When you say the word race, you should know what you're talking about," says Dr. Franklyn Jenifer. People can "walk across campus or any city and pick out race, no problem," he says. But he contends there's a difference between race and genetics. Jenifer discussed both "folk" and "scientific" theories of race. Scientifically, Jenifer says, when looking at genomes no one can tell blacks and whites apart.

[slo-poke]

I like this man . He knows the facts and He's laying them out. Bravo!

[GaryR]

By the way, a good book on this subject is "Skin: A Natural History, " by Dr. Nina Jablonski.

[IndyaMsBossB]

This placed my thinking in a scientific way, eye get the "black" pride but on the real bottom line there is no black, white, hispanic, ect.. beautiful. Thank you so very much