Ever since the fall of the Nazis, the world has tried to keep the biology of racial disparity under wraps. It has been acceptable to link racial differences to social and cultural factors. One race might underperform another because of upbringing or poverty. But suggesting biology as the cause for those differences—like “The Bell Curve” did a decade ago when it looked at academic achievement—was strictly taboo. Now, a new and unexpected force—medicine—is pulling back the covers. By taking a close look at minute differences in people’s genetic codes, researchers and drug companies are beginning
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