The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

Reasonable price with good quality.

I excited until I began reading. Too long. The author could have stated their assertions in half the pages.

As descendants of people forcibly separated from their national and ethnic groups centuries ago, descendants of enslaved Africans have little to rely on but DNA technology to learn who they are. In this book, Alondra Nelson does an impeccable job of showing how DNA breakthroughs can and are being used to heal people.

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Interesting book, but I probably wouldn't have read it if it weren't assigned in a class I was taking.

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The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome offers a brief overview of how the advent of genetic testing has impacted views on race, the birth of genealogical tracing of pre-Middle Passage heritage, and the potential for its use in legal claims against existing companies that profited from the slave trade. This a wide area to cover and while the book delivers what it promises it offers only brief overviews of these topics. What I found most intriguing is the use of DNA to test the genetic ancestry of African Diaspora populations pioneered by biologist Rick Kittles and his company African Ancestry. While it’s clear the author remains skeptical about how accurate this technology is at present, as she demonstrates the newly empowered sense of identity users often get from the test results does offer some basis for the last R of the book’s title—Reconciliation—a vital component for this country to finally come to terms with the still-lingering legacy of slavery.For readers interested in any of these topics this book would be a good starting point.3-1/2 stars