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A crucial read by Free Radicals that puts science in perspective. Be sure to read this all to understand the political aspects of science, where it came from, and where you can help it go. ✊
The pseudoscience of phenotypic racial categorization was borne from enlightenment reasoning and labor exploitation.
Origin of Everything
Do you believe that your race correlates to your skin tone? Because that wasn’t always the case. So how did Americans come to believe that race equals certain visible physical characteristics such as skin color and hair? And why is it that certain ethnic groups that were once considered “non-white” became reclassified as “white”?
Free Showing of Food Evolution in San Francisco on Thursday (tomorrow)! Except for one little detail...
The event is being hosted by a group that is critical of GMOs, and they put together a panel of anti-GMO members who plan to call it propaganda. One of them even signed the infamous "Berkeley 45" letter calling it propaganda - before even seeing the film!
Food Evolution did an excellent job examining the issues around GMOs, and while not being able to include everything, made a coherent and factual plea for reasoned discussion. We doubt that this panel will provide reasoned discussion, because their minds are already made up.
www.usfca.edu/event/2018-04-05-1845/food-evolution-film-screening-panel-discussion
Anyone in the San Francisco area interested to go, get a free showing, and ask some questions of the panelists?
Thursday, April 5 6:45 – 9 p.m.
On-Campus Event - Presentation Theater
This event is free and open to the public.
2350 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
"Las ConCiencias, the title of the conference, brings together the Spanish words for science and awareness. The moniker pinpoints the conference’s dual purpose. First, the Zapatistas convened the meeting to critically explore the ways in which science has historically been a social endeavor largely devoid of consciousness, a project in the service of capital, an endeavor that contributes to the marginalization of indigenous peoples throughout the world. Second, the conference is a space of dialogue to explore the counter-hegemonic potential of science; how can its power be harnessed to identify the cracks in the wall of capitalism, and expand upon them, leading to its dissolution and the resurgent sovereignty of indigenous peoples."
Cracks in the Wall of Capitalism: The Zapatistas and the Struggle to Decolonize Science
towardfreedom.com
The Zapatistas demand that science be reimagined by both scientists and the grassroots together as a technique of resistance.Heads up! This book review by Dr. Mary Mangan is a treasure trove of useful information about the myth-infused book Whitewash, by Carey Gillam. Omissions, falsehoods, and bias were rampant in this book. Mary's review is dense, thorough, and doused with snark.
There were also some passages in the book about MAMyths, including a big fat lie that our grassroots movement was founded or funded by industry. Mary took her to task over that.
The author's organization is already attacking Biology Fortified, Inc. on Twitter, so head on over and give them some love!
A Magnum Opus of a book review, by Mary Mangan, who took a deep dive with science, snark, and post-it notes to evaluate a very problematic book. How much so? Well, read the review!
www.biofortified.org/2018/02/hogwash-review-whitewash-carey-gillam/
It's long, but we've got some handy bullet points at the top that you can use.