Surviving Society

E071 Tina Sikka: Race science, ancestry tests & capitalism

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In this episode we discuss how popular science is re-inscribing race through ancestry tests, DNA and personalised diets. Useful links - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/tinasikka.html Sikka T. Against Twenty-First-Century Race Science. Jacobin, 2019. Available at: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/racism-science-genetic-testing-racecraft. Sikka T. Politics of Categorization: Race and Blood. Sociology Lens, 2019. Available at: https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/race-and-ethnicity/politics-categorization-race-blood/24530.