Race Does Not Exist: Dr. Joe Graves, an African American, on "Everything You Wanted to Know About Race: But Were Too Afraid to Ask".

 Dr. Joe Graves on "Everything You Wanted to Know About Race: But Were Too Afraid to Ask".

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Theresa W. Ong <theresa.w.ong@dartmouth.edu>	10:18 AM (5 hours ago)
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Dear Colleagues,

Please help us distribute the following seminar opportunity by Dr. Joe Graves on "Everything You Wanted to Know About Race: But Were Too Afraid to Ask" Tuesday, Jan 19th at 12:15p which coincides with Dartmouth's week long celebration of Martin Luther King Day.

Zoom link: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/99953792547?pwd=KzBMMFRxajJHUDMvdy91TnB0Mml5dz09
Password: EEESL_W21

Attached is a poster with logistical details and Dr. Grave's biography - please feel free to distribute widely! This talk is open to all both in and outside the institution.

Abstract:
The three important lessons concerning race that everyone should know:

1. Racism created the idea of race. 
   
2. The idea of race has real effects. 
   
3. Human genetic variation is real (and quite wonderful) and is absolutely not the same as race.    

It’s crucial for all of us to know what race is not. Race is not based on biology and genetics. Race is not “in the genes” and it is not the same as human variation. Racial differences in opportunity cannot be blamed on genetics. Unpacking this myth of a linkage between socially defined races and genetic variation requires understanding the relationship between social classification, evolution, and how human genetic variation is globally distributed. In this talk I shall clearly show what the powerful idea of race is and how it is intimately connected to racism and has been falsely linked to biological variation.  Once these lessons are understood, we can then dispel many myths about race associated with, for example, health, athletic ability, and intelligence, and present a path to live in a more just and equitable world. Because our contemporary myths of race have their roots in the concept’s history, I will help add context to what race is and what it is not by stepping into the fascinating history of the idea of race, one akin to an Emperor with no clothes. I will then bring our discussion up to the present and look ahead to a more peaceful future. 


--
Theresa W. Ong, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Dartmouth College

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Theresa W. Ong <theresa.w.ong@dartmouth.edu>	2:02 PM (1 hour ago)
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Dear colleagues,

In advertising, please use the following poster, which corrects Dr. Grave's affiliation, thank you!

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From: Theresa W. Ong <theresa.w.ong@dartmouth.edu>
Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 10:17 AM
Subject: Dr. Joe Graves on "Everything You Wanted to Know About Race: But Were Too Afraid to Ask".
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Dear Colleagues,

Please help us distribute the following seminar opportunity by Dr. Joe Graves on "Everything You Wanted to Know About Race: But Were Too Afraid to Ask" Tuesday, Jan 19th at 12:15p which coincides with Dartmouth's week long celebration of Martin Luther King Day.

Zoom link: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/99953792547?pwd=KzBMMFRxajJHUDMvdy91TnB0Mml5dz09
Password: EEESL_W21

Attached is a poster with logistical details and Dr. Grave's biography - please feel free to distribute widely! This talk is open to all both in and outside the institution.

Abstract:
The three important lessons concerning race that everyone should know:

1. Racism created the idea of race. 
   
2. The idea of race has real effects. 
   
3. Human genetic variation is real (and quite wonderful) and is absolutely not the same as race.    

It’s crucial for all of us to know what race is not. Race is not based on biology and genetics. Race is not “in the genes” and it is not the same as human variation. Racial differences in opportunity cannot be blamed on genetics. Unpacking this myth of a linkage between socially defined races and genetic variation requires understanding the relationship between social classification, evolution, and how human genetic variation is globally distributed. In this talk I shall clearly show what the powerful idea of race is and how it is intimately connected to racism and has been falsely linked to biological variation.  Once these lessons are understood, we can then dispel many myths about race associated with, for example, health, athletic ability, and intelligence, and present a path to live in a more just and equitable world. Because our contemporary myths of race have their roots in the concept’s history, I will help add context to what race is and what it is not by stepping into the fascinating history of the idea of race, one akin to an Emperor with no clothes. I will then bring our discussion up to the present and look ahead to a more peaceful future. 


--
Theresa W. Ong, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Dartmouth College

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Theresa W. Ong, PhD.

Assistant Professor

Environmental Studies

Dartmouth College

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