This groundbreaking book by the acclaimed Dorothy Roberts examines
how the myth of biological concept of race—revived by purportedly
cutting–edge science, race-specific drugs, genetic testing, and DNA
databases—continues to undermine a just society and promote
inequality in a supposedly “post-racial” era. Named one of the
ten best black nonfiction books 2011 by AFRO.com, Fatal Invention
offers a timely and “provocative analysis” (Nature) of race,
science, and politics by one of the nation’s leading legal scholars
and social critics.
