Human genome sequencing showed race has no genetic basis

Evidence

One of the scientists responsible for sequencing the human genome, Craig Venter, was even more frank with reporters. “The concept of race has no genetic or scientific basis,” Venter said. His research team at Celera Genomics had determined “the genetic code” of five individuals, who were identified as either “Hispanic, Asian, Caucasian or African American,” and the scientists could not tell one race from another. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1177

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• XREF: Direct counterweight to the historic racial-science tradition traced in earlier chapters; a factual anchor for the antiracist position in Kendi’s three-way scheme. — connects to: Racial categories capture only 7% of human genetic variation — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 315; Race has no genetic basis yet produces real material consequences. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1112