News & Articles - Features
Bill Amos
Interpreting Science
Monday 26 October 2009
Professor Bill Amos helps us make sense of controversial scientific research with reference to eugenics.
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Jonathan Marks
Let's Move On From Race
Monday 26 October 2009
Professor of Biological Anthropology Jonathan Marks asks, ‘Should we focus on social equality instead of gene pools?'
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Race Fact List
Monday 26 October 2009
Fact list: putting racial difference into context and dispelling myths . Download a PDF of Race Facts .
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Research Resources
Monday 26 October 2009
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Kenan Malik
The New Language of Diversity
Monday 26 October 2009
Kenan Malik considers why race is back on the modern social agenda?
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Race: A History
Wednesday 14 October 2009
If you ask someone to define 'race', the chances are they'll somehow relate the term to where someone is born, but it is also likely they'll focus on skin colour. (The documentary Is It Better to Be Mixed Race? reveals that Brazilian people have 130 terms for the variations of skin colour found in their country.) But what is the real meaning of 'race'?
