# What's the Use of Race?

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- Authors: [Ian Whitmarsh](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-whitmarsh), [David S. Jones](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-s-jones)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2010-04-16

## Description

How race as a category—reinforced by new discoveries in genetics—is used as a basis for practice and policy in law, science, and medicine. The post–civil rights era perspective of many...

## Editions

### What's the Use of Race?

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-6226-571-3
- Published: 2010-04-16
- Language: en_US