기사
Stormy Weather: Race, Gene Expression, and the Science of Health Disparities /
- 개인저자
- Krieger, Nancy
- 수록페이지
- 2155-2160 p.
- 발행일자
- 2005.12.19
- 출판사
- The American Public Health Association
초록
[영문]In the current US political climate, conservative foundations are seeking to frame debates over determinants of racial/ethnic health disparities as a matter of qqqquot;politically correctqqqquot; unscientific ideology (concerning the health impacts of discrimination) vs scientific yet qqqquot;politically incorrectqqqquot; expertise rooted in biological facts (concerning genes). I draw on historical and contemporary examples to place conservative polemics in context, and also highlight fundamental flaws in their arguments involving the use of spurious categories (e.g., Caucasian), logical fallacies, temporal fallacies, and an erroneous emphasis on gene frequency over gene expression. The larger goal is to strengthen development of a more critical, reflexive, and rigorous science capable of generating evidence useful for rectifying?rather than perpetuating?social disparities in health.