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Recently I came across a news paper report that says 'racism arises in science research':
Advances in genetic sequencing are giving rise to a new era of scientific racism. Despite decades of efforts to reverse attitudes used to justify the slave trade and Nazi theology experts say.
New form of discrimination , known as neoracism, are taking in scientific research, spreading the beleif that races exist and are different in terms of biology, behaviour and culture according to some anthropologists.

According to a Penn State anthropologist, both medical and scientific researchers need to be careful that the growth of genomics does not bring about another resurgence of scientific racism. "What we are facing is a time when genomic knowledge widens and gene engineering will be possible and widespread," said Nina Jablonski, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology. "We must constantly monitor how this information on human gene diversity is used and interpreted. Any belief system that seeks to separate people on the basis of genetic endowment or different physical or intellectual features is simply inadmissible in human society."
People who believe that they can use genetic traits to describe races and to develop race-specific interventions for each group. One particularly disturbing approach, although currently suggested as beneficial, is application of genetics to create special approaches to education. The idea that certain individuals and groups learn differently due to their genetic makeup, and so need specialized educational programs could be the first step in a slippery slope to recreating a new brand of "separate but equal."
Similar approaches in medicine that are based not on personal genetics but on racial generalizations can be just as incorrect and troubling, especially because human genetic admixture is so prevalent.
Scientific racism's long history mandates caution.

Yes, be cautious but this is using science in a bad way. Science is not at fault here.
Genome science can help us a lot in the individual utilization of medical practice.


News reports like these should be written and published with responsibility here. The caption is really misleading.


This is like saying a knife is 'bad' because it will be used in murders! Or murders take place  because of a knife! It is the murderer at fault, not the knife!


I painted a picture on this type of 'blame science for all the evils in society' mentality.

'The choice is yours' from http://www.kkartfromscience.com

Some people complain that science also brings with it a few bad things like commercial GM crops, nuclear bombs etc. along with the good it does to the mankind. But according to the scientific community – science is like a knife. A knife can be used to cut throats and spill blood. It can also be used for good purposes like cutting fruits and vegetables. It depends on the person who uses it. Likewise science (represented by a test tube in the painting) can also be used for the benefit of living beings as well as for their destruction. Which way it goes is in the hands of the person who uses it. The choice is definitely yours, Homo sapiens.

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