Demonstrating how race is socially constructed has been a core sociological objective, yet
many individuals continue to hold essentialist and other concepts of what races are and how …

This article introduces the notion of genetic essentialist biases: cognitive biases associated
with essentialist thinking that are elicited when people encounter arguments that genes are …

What do Americans think “race” means? What determines one's race—appearance,
ancestry, genes, or culture? How do education, government, and business influence our …

The present studies demonstrate that conceiving of racial group membership as biologically
determined increases acceptance of racial inequities (Studies 1 and 2) and cools interest in …

Critical examination of “health disparities” is gaining consideration in medical schools
across the United States, often as elective curricula that supplement required education …

The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions
serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups …

Racial classification has drawn increasing attention in public discourse; it intertwines with
issues related to racialized perceptions. However, few social psychological studies have …

Could the explosion of genetic research in recent decades affect our conceptions of race? In
Backdoor to Eugenics, Duster argues that reports of specific racial differences in genetic …

Race has been a longstanding topic in the biology textbook curriculum. Yet, there appears to
be no research investigating whether the treatment of race in modern biology textbooks …

The use of race in biomedical research has, for decades, been a source of social
controversy. However, recent events, such as the adoption of racially targeted …