Wednesday 24 February 2021

Ancestry estimation perpetuates racism, white supremacy

Ancestry estimation—a method used by forensic anthropologists to determine ancestral origin by analyzing bone structures—is rooted in "race science" and perpetuates white supremacy, according to a new paper by a forensic anthropologist at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-02-ancestry-perpetuates-racism-white-supremacy.html