Making Sense of Race

Race is our ages great taboo. Public intellectuals insist that it does not exist-that its a social construct and biological differences between races are trivial or skin deep. But as with taboos in other times our attitude towards race seems delusional and schizophrenic. Racial differences in sports and culture are clear to everyone. Race is increasingly a factor in public health especially in disease susceptibility and organ donation. And in a globalized world ethnic nationalism-and ethnic conflict-are unavoidable political realities. Race is everywhere . . . and yet its nowhere since the topic has been deemed out of bounds for frank discussion. Cutting through the contradictions euphemisms and misconceptions Edward Dutton carefully and systematically refutes the arguments against the concept of race demonstrating that it is as much a proper biological category as species.Making Sense of Race takes us on a journey through the fascinating world of evolved physical and mental racial differences presenting us with the most up-to-date discoveries on the consistent ways in which races differ in significant traits as a result of being adapted to different ecologies. Intelligence personality genius religiousness sex appeal puberty menopause ethnocentrism ear-wax and even the nature of dreams . . . Making Sense of Race will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about race but might have been afraid to ask. --- Edward Dutton is a prolific researcher and commentator who has published widely in the field of evolutionary psychology. He is Editor at Washington Summit Publishers and Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Asbiro University in Lódź Poland. Dutton is the author of many books including J. Philippe Rushton: A Life History Perspective (2018) Race Differences in Ethnocentrism (2019) and Islam: An Evolutionary Perspective (2020). ----Praise for Edward Dutton and Making Sense of RaceEdward Duttons new book Making Sense of Race is a godsend at a time when the university curriculum effectively censors human nature from much of the humanities and social sciences. This information which comes wrapped in prodigious layers of data is presented in a highly accessible often funny style. It should be required reading for all students of anthropology sociology gender studies and politics. Those thirsting for knowledge about race-an inescapable and ever more destabilizing feature of our globalizing world -should dip into this Jolly Heretic of a book. Whether laughing out loud or marveling at new facts about human biodiversity Making Sense of Race is a riveting read. -Dr. Frank SalterAuthor of On Genetic Interests: Family Ethnicity and Humanity in an Age of Mass MigrationEdward Dutton is one of the liveliest and most engaging of this new generation of academic dissidents. . . . [He is] what Bill Nye the Science Guy would be if that gentleman dared to present the human sciences with uninhibited objectivity.-John Derbyshire