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>>>>>>>So what's the message we want to give the public about that? Ego genomics Part III, if you will. The
world's first recreational genetic testing service is how they bill themselves, DNAPrint Genomics, a
company in Florida that says it will measure your racial ancestry and racial proportions for you using
DNA markers. Well, why would you want to do that? Perhaps for genealogy or to validate your
eligibility for race-based college admissions or government entitlements. Here's some of their literature
from their website. "Have you ever wondered if you're of purely Indo-European origin, or a blend of
Indo-European or Native American or other ancestry? We can answer that. Capable of determining your
precise ancestral proportions might reveal you're 80 percent African," et cetera, et cetera.
Who is interested in this test? Well, genealogists, the adopted. One customer used the test to hone his
search for an organ donor. Another suspected he was of significant Native American heritage but had no
way to prove it. The test gave him a sound basis by which to claim access to commercial opportunities
reserved for Native Americans. "So whether you're just curious or your goal is to achieve social status of
a particular group, we can help you do this."
Well, again, junk science? I personally don't know. There seems to be a lot of contention within the
genetics community about whether this is realistic and meaningful or not. But it certainly feeds into our
race consciousness in this culture, and you can see ways in which people's motivations for acquiring this
test for themselves, for their children, for their potential spouses, would only go in the wrong direction.
In fact, this is, again, luxury genomics that is a recreational service, but it has already been put to at least
one serious use. They've used the DNAPrint testing procedures on a forensic sample to reorient a search
for a suspect from one race to another.
So here we are. Here's my summary of the issues that I would like to put on your agenda. First is to////////
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We have a lot of acceptance to gain. Another comment I noted was one speaker commented that there was more drug reaction variation in "a" racial group, than in the general populous as a whole. Of course this speaker was referring (I believe) to the current self reported "race". (Reminding me of thet High School principal in California he thought he was black).
So it looks like those policy makers need much education. I quess they can't see or admit something that's as plain as the nose on thier face until someone shoves it down into a Petri dish so they get a good closeup. Our acedemia. Killing us softly with thier smiles!
Stakddek
