![]() ![]() They defined the populations by culture, geography, and language, not skin color or race. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rosenberg et al (2002) sampled 1056 individuals from 52 different populations using 377 microsatellites. Murray discusses the program STRUCTURE, in which geneticists input the number of clusters they want and, when DNA is analyzed (see also Hardimon, 2017: chapter 4). Murray discusses what geneticists say, but he does not discuss what any philosophers of race say. That is one thing that really jumped out at me as I was reading this section of the book. But this assumption is unfounded and Murray’s assumption that the clusters are races without any sound justification for his belief actually undermines his claim that races exist. Murray, it seems, has no philosophical grounding for his belief that the clusters identified in these genomic runs are races-and this is clear with his assumptions that groups that appear in these analyses are races. I will discuss some of Murray’s other arguments in his book, but for now I will focus on the section on race. Murray is here to set the record straight. This orthodoxy, Murray says, are social constructivists. Murray talks of an “orthodoxy” that denies the biology of gender, race, and class. qaUwv2OwXi- RaceRealist January 28, 2020 Will be threading my thoughts/providing screenshots here in the coming weeks. ![]()
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