During my doctoral exploration of race and racism, I attended a lecture by Dr. Graves and was impressed by his insightfulness, diligence, and clarity. When ABT reached out to ask if I would review this book, they didn’t know how thrilled I’d be to review this important and timely work. With great precision, Graves and Goodman build the case against notions that race is biologically justifiable, instead demonstrating that racial injustices are the result of socially constructed racism. Importantly, the authors also provide strategies for addressing the ideology of a hierarchy of human value, which is a root cause of systemic racism. Given the significance of the information it conveys and the approachability of the writing, every biology educator will benefit from reading this book and sharing its ideas with students.
As the authors note, racism was a foundational reality in the history of the United States, and it remains...
University of California Press