Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate
- ISBN-10
- 1851686657
- ISBN-13
- 9781851686650
- Series
- Strange Fruit
- Category
- Social Science / Discrimination
- Pages
- 341
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-04-16
- Publisher
- ONEWorld Publications
- Author
- Kenan Malik
Description
The debate about race is back - and with a vengeance. In the past, scientific ideas of race reflected political ideas of inferiority and superiority, whereas today it reflects contemporary notions of diversity. Malik challenges both sides of the race debate, controversially revealing that it is not through the scientific study of human differences but through our political obsession with identity and diversity that racial ideas are once more catching fire. Weaving together politics, history, science, and philosophy, "Strange Fruit" discusses issues ranging from the science of skull measurement to the politics of the Holocaust; from diabetes rates among Hispanics to the fate of the Elgin Marbles; from the genetics of altruism to the struggle for Aboriginal rights; and, from the successes of Human Genome Project to the failures of multiculturalism. Huge in its reach and powerful in its grasp, the book uproots the conventional ways of thinking about race, science, and identity.
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