Andrew Kimbrell, Joseph J. Levin, Mary R. Morgan, Robert Pollack
Columbia University, Research Cluster on Science and Subjectivity, Black Law Student Association, Black Alumni Council, School of General Studies Student Council, Social Justice Medicine Auxiliary Group
A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream is a 2016 documentary film about genetics, eugenics, and social inequality in the United States. It reveals how public misunderstanding of genetics and the promotion of genetic pseudoscience has served as a rationale for oppression and discrimination throughout modern American history. The film presents the viewer with two deeply held views that are diametrically opposed: the belief that the American Dream of equality is possible to attain, and the belief that genes make us who we are.
Event Speakers
Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Producer and Founder of the Center for Food Safety
Joseph J. Levin, Founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Mary R. Morgan, Executive Producer
Robert Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences and Cluster Leader of the Research Cluster on Science and Subjectivity at Columbia University
Event Information
Free and open to the public; registration is required. For more information, please email Krystal Cruz at kmc2247@columbia.edu.
Hosted by the Research Cluster on Science and Subjectivity at Columbia University. Co-sponsored by
Black Law Student Association
Black Alumni Council
School of General Studies Student Council
Social Justice Medicine Auxiliary Group
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