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

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 Wald Sussman explains whyamp;mdash;when it comes to raceamp;mdash;too many people still mistake bigotry for science.