{"product_id":"the-uses-of-diversity-how-race-has-become-entangled-in-law-politics-and-biology-paperback","title":"The Uses of Diversity: How Race Has Become Entangled in Law, Politics, and Biology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRace, it is widely understood, is a social category that has no genetic basis, yet biological notions of race keep reemerging. Attempts to redress disparities in biomedical research emphasize recruiting racially representative trial participants. Forensic use of DNA evidence purports to pinpoint the race of a potential suspect. Genetic ancestry tracing companies explain test results to customers using racial categories. The makers of genomic databases seek to ensure racial inclusivity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Kahn argues that this predicament arises from a surprising source: the concept of diversity. Ranging across law, politics, science, and medicine, he examines the blurring of the distinction between social understandings of race and biological understandings of genetic variation. Because diversity has become such a central concept across domains, Kahn contends, it enables slippage between these contradictory ideas, entangling biological and social views of race. Tracing the parallel histories of the Human Genome Project, workforce diversification efforts, U. S. Supreme Court cases over affirmative action, the rise of precision medicine, and the COVID-19 vaccine trials, among others, he shows why diversity is often deployed in ways that threaten to biologize race or undermine efforts to address racial injustice. Combining incisive critique and interdisciplinary insight, \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e offers bracing new perspective on one of today's most vexed concepts.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Kahn is a professor of law and biology at Northeastern University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRace in a Bottle: The Story of BiDil and Racialized Medicine in a Post-Genomic Age\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eRace on the Brain: What Implicit Bias Gets Wrong About the Struggle for Racial Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), both published by Columbia University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45525305524326,"sku":"9780231220132","price":66.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ptCyzNh1Ni9780231220132.webp?v=1776592085","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-uses-of-diversity-how-race-has-become-entangled-in-law-politics-and-biology-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}