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How to Argue with a Racist
- History, Science, Race and Reality
- Narrated by: Adam Rutherford
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
The Sunday Times best seller.
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.
Racist pseudoscience may be on the rise, but science is no ally to racists. Instead science and history can be powerful allies against bigotry, granting us the clearest view of how people actually are, rather than how we judge them to be. How to Argue with a Racist dismantles outdated notions of race by illuminating what modern genetics can and can't tell us about human difference. It is a vital manifesto for a 21st-century understanding of human evolution and variation and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify racism.
Please note: the updated edition includes a new preface from the author.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
Critic reviews
"The ultimate anti-racism guide." (Caroline Criado Perez)
"Seriously important." (Bill Bryson)
"A fascinating debunking of racial pseudoscience." (Guardian)
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- Glynn F.
- 31-08-20
Should be read by everyone. Very informative.
There is a huge amount of information packed into this consice book. The content is objective, well presented, well structured and well researched.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-06-20
Skin colour is the start of the investigation
The science of racism- proving its foolishness and why it's both believable more importantly unbelievable
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- russell barton
- 30-07-20
Science writing at its best.
Genes have multiple roles and culture determines performance to the greatest extent. Im inspired to learn more about this subject.
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- R
- 07-03-20
Good but...
Love AR and the book is interesting and honest... But it fails to deliver on the title. The arguments are reason and science based(obviously) you can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
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- Mona R
- 19-10-21
Great audiobook
If you are frustrated with racists this book is perfect. Despite it being very scientific it's easy to follow.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-10-21
essential reading or listening
this should be essential consuming for everyone to dispel a lot of the myths that we all find ourselves parroting.
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- Dr. M. D. Togobo
- 17-11-20
Superb analysis of science and racism
Thoroughly enjoyed the book highlighting the common myths and misconceptions about race and analysing in depth the questions that many people either believe or have been brought up to believe about racial groups. Adam scientifically disects each belief starting from its origin and takes you through the research and data in an easy to understand way that leaves you to a conclusion that race is not the best measure to categories the human race.
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- Dan P
- 15-04-24
Genius
I love the way that this book deconstructs the social construct of race and shows how ignorant racists are. Science for the win!
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- Paul Hinds
- 12-02-20
Enlightening and well presented
Another great book from Adam Rutherford building on his previous work ‘A Brief History of Everyone That Ever Lived’. Adam has a great presentational style and a way of writing that makes complex subjects accessible to those of us with only a rudimentary understanding of the science. In the book he breaks certain myths around race and ability that are prevalent in society. Highly recommended.
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- Samira Pagani
- 18-05-21
Wrong title
I loved this book. I found it interesting and informative. I enjoyed listening to the author himself reading it. I recommend it to anyone. I think though that the title is misleading as it is a book about genetics and it would not help me if I were to argue with racists I know.
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