Both conservatives who espouse a color-blind ideology and liberals who believe in a postracial America have embraced both the science validating racial difference at the genetic level and biotechnological solutions for inequality at the social level. Even some activists who oppose racism have adopted the view that race-based genetics and technology can be used as a tool for alleviating health inequities, building solidarity, and fixing the criminal justice system. Examining the grounds for this bipartisan endorsement of racial science shows the flaws in its logic and the urgent need for a
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