Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism

Psychologist and writer’s appearance on Aporia condemned for helping to normalise ‘dangerous, discredited ideas’

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John Lithgow is Laundering JK Rowling's Transphobia

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Are there any more folks with scientific credentials in my timeline with who want to claim Diversity Equity and Inclusion is based on invalid assumptions, is ethically wrong, and demonstrably harmful to society?

If you believe in the pursuit of truth, then why the centuries of intellectual dishonestly and utter cowardice? Why the lies and violence when you could stand up on your hind legs and prove what you say is true?

Where is the new validation of scientific sexism, racialization, eugenics?

I mean, it seems odd that not a single person beating the drum of #whiteness, #patriarchy and European Male superiority today, has ever disclosed peer-reviewed evidence and summarily ended all argument.
#BlackMastodon #Science #Ethics #Politics #SocialJustice #RacialEssentialism #GenderEssentialism

I take except to Prof. Stanley's characterization of the deliberate structure of race and gender hierarchy as a thing of the past, and we now just face a few bad actors and habitual cultural beliefs.

That conflicts with a reality where skin-whitening is a worldwide multi-billion $USD industry in soaps, creams, drugs, cosmetics and a deeply engrained antipathy for everyone with dark skin and specifically people of African descent.

“Erasing History” from the U.S. to Germany: “Wars Are Won by Teachers”
#DemocracyNow #BlackMastodon #Trans #Culture #History #Education #EconomicJustice #RacialEssentialism #GenderEssentialism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoOrkNbNctI&t=28s

"Erasing History" from the U.S. to Germany: "Wars Are Won by Teachers," Says Prof. Jason Stanley

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How One Of The World's Greatest Athletes Almost Died Because No One Listened To Her with Dr. Uché Blackstock
#BlackMastodon #ScientificRacism #RacialisedClass #RacialEssentialism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_7MNM9Oe5A
How One Of The World's Greatest Athletes Almost Died Because No One Listened To Her

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"There is a flawed assumption that when designing a
genome-wide association study of disease, stratifying a standard genome panel sample by race helps to detect meaningful genetic
differences. Rather,
stratifying analyses by race, can introduce bias that reinforces essentialist
notions of biological race . biased samples
and standard genomic panels lead to ascertainment
bias when assessing non-European populations"
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02040-2
#GWAS #racebias #racialessentialism