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Biological Pre‐emption: “Race”, Class, and Genomics
Author(s) -
Williams Johnny E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/soc4.12063
Subject(s) - eugenics , genomics , race (biology) , construct (python library) , embeddedness , sociology , ideology , class (philosophy) , social science , epistemology , environmental ethics , biology , genetics , political science , politics , computer science , gender studies , law , genome , philosophy , gene , programming language
Genomics is a complex field of study involving researchers and practitioners immersed in the social milieu from which their genetic theories and comprehensions in part emerge. Genomic researchers' embeddedness in social formations with distinct ideologies predisposes them to construct hypotheses about genetics with value‐laden assumptions. Given genomics' inseparability from social influences this article explores how its use with marginalized groups has eugenic implications. Several important links between eugenics and genomics are identified suggesting eugenic implications in genomics.