Science, Civil Rights, and the Doll Test
Kristel Tjandra
February 12, 2021
Two black scientists explored the effects of segregation on children. Their Doll Test played a key role in the Civil Rights movement.
Ancestry
Race
Society
Ancestry
Why We Talk About Race
S. Joshua Swamidass
January 21, 2021
The questions of race return us to the grand question: what does it mean to be human? Science is important, but so is what lies beyond.
Ancestry
Race
Society
Bryan Butler: More Than The Image of God
Kristel Tjandra
December 3, 2020
The question of race is pointed. Are we all in the image of God? With equal rights and dignity? Or are some of us different.
Ancestry
Art
Theology
Art & Ancestry: Humans Rendered Apart
David Rygiol
June 21, 2020
Whatever our skin color, country of origin, ethnicity, or culture, we are all one family, one blood, one race, the human race. What has rendered us apart?
Ancestry
Art
Race
The Genealogical Adam and Eve
The Biological Meaning of Race
S. Joshua Swamidass
June 18, 2020
We've understood differences to be rooted in our essential nature, but maybe they are not. So, maybe some of the ways the world is can be changed.
Ancestry
Race
Quayshawn Spencer: Is Race Real?
S. Joshua Swamidass
June 11, 2020
Is race real? Or an illusion? With the death of George Floyd, we are now asking questions about race. We invited philosopher Quayshawn Spencer to discuss.
Ancestry
Video
Adam Rutherford: How to Argue With A Racist?
S. Joshua Swamidass
June 7, 2020
Biologists Dr. Lents and Dr. Swamidass interview geneticist Adam Rutherford about his new book, How to Argue With a Racist.
Ancestry
Video