by lindaoppenheim | Jun 27, 2017 | Article
In an article in The Atlantic, Dean of social science at Columbia University, Alondra Nelson describes a “new groundswell of root-seeking . . . .We talk about the history of slavery in this country and it feels so abstract. But genetic ancestry testing can make it...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 21, 2016 | Broadcast
An NPR segment reported on a “study, which involved 150 African-Americans living in Tallahassee, Fla., found that knowing someone who had experienced racial discrimination was associated with genetic markers that may affect risk for high blood pressure. The...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 19, 2016 | Article, Broadcast
Ancestry is a more useful category than race say Dorothy Roberts, professor of Africana studies, law and sociology at University of Pennsylvania, and Michael Yudell, chair and associate professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel...
