The ANNALS of the AAPSS 661

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, September 2015; Volume 661

Introduction

Biological Determinism and Racial Essentialism: The Ideological Double Helix of Racial Inequality
W. Carson Byrd and Matthew W. Hughey

Race and Biological Determinism: Then and Now

Great Is Their Sin: Biological Determinism in the Age of Genomics
Joseph L. Graves, Jr.

Back to the Future? The Emergence of a Geneticized Conceptualization of Race in Sociology
Reanne Frank

How Troubling Is Our Inheritance? A Review of Genetics and Race in the Social Sciences
Philip N. Cohen

Racializing Genes and Biological Determinism in Health and Science

Science and Struggle: Emerging Forms of Race and Activism in the Genomic Era
Catherine Bliss

Race, Methodology, and Social Construction in the Genomic Era
Tukufu Zuberi, Evelyn J. Patterson, and Quincy Thomas Stewart

Biological Determinism and Social Policy

The Emperor’s New Genes: Science, Public Policy, and the Allure of Objectivity
Ruha Benjamin

The Biobank as Political Artifact: The Struggle over Race in Categorizing Genetic Difference
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee

Genetic Determinism, Technology Optimism, and Race: Views of the American Public
Jennifer Hochschild and Maya Sen

Biological Determinism in Everyday Life

A Level Playing Field? Media Constructions of Athletics, Genetics, and Race
Matthew W. Hughey and Devon R. Goss

Ultimate Attribution in the Genetic Era: White Support for Genetic Explanations of Racial Difference and Policies
W. Carson Byrd and Victor E. Ray

Conclusion

Beautiful Melodies Telling Me Terrible Things: The Future of Race and Genetics for Scholars and Policy-Makers
Matthew W. Hughey and W. Carson Byrd