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Even though there\u2019s growing awareness that race is a social construct \u2014 it defies biological definition \u2014 it\u2019s really hard to let go of a concept that feels so real. There\u2019s also a temptation for progressive, more or less decent human beings, who wouldn\u2019t consider themselves racist, to define racism as something that happens on the far right, among Neo-Nazis, the KKK, and people sporting MAGA hats.

Turns out that\u2019s not the case. At all.

One of the most pervasive issues when it comes to race is the science. What does the history of race science have to do with today\u2019s science on human variation? Why do modern scientists need to grapple with the legacy of racial definition and oppression? How does the centuries-old mythology of race impact the practice of medicine well into the 21st century?

On this episode of Point of Inquiry, Kavin Senapathy speaks with author Angela Saini about her book Superior: The Return of Race Science. The Telegraph advises \u201cphilosophically and historically uneducated scientists\u201d along with those with \u201cmore murky motivations\u201d to read this \u201cbrilliant and devastating\u201d book.

While you\u2019re here, we\u2019d like to give a shout-out to the Guerrilla Skeptics on Wikipedia. While Kavin was researching the episode, she realized that Superior didn\u2019t have a page on Wikipedia. She alerted GSoW\u2019s Rob Palmer and their team had a page up within 48 hours!

The Scientific American blog post mentioned in the episode, \u201cThe Internet Is a Cesspool of Racist Pseudoscience,\u201d can be found here.