DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[stakddek]

RE: Hook Article:

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"Gaskin says the test-- used by more than >- 50 -< police precincts nationally-- helped solve the New Orleans serial killer case last year."

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Use of the test appears to be growing. But of course the complainer noted "I might be in that profile." I wonder if he would be one of the people who would be likely to voice a complaint about "picking on our community"?

WE can see from just this short news story how difficult it will be to breach the barriers that people erect when any "racial" concept is brought into the mix. We know it's geography, but the "Joe Dokes" in the street may not be as inclined to pursuing the finer points of DNAP's magic.

I still find it funny that that some people want DNAP to be used to exclude people by ancestry, (Indian Rights) while other "race" based entities are crying foul about being included in what is after all a happenstance of geography and natural selection. It make take a while to put to rest the knee jerk reactors who perceive the work as a continuing plot to oppress all those who are different. Hopefully these voices in opposition will be rapidly silenced by a generally more knowledgeable public.

Stakddek