Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research

In this article, we argue that a careful examination of human microbiome science’s relationship with race and racism is necessary to foster equitable social and ecological relations in the field. We point to the origins and evolution of the problematic use of race in microbiome literature by demons...

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Autores principales: Travis J. De Wolfe, Mohammed Rafi Arefin, Amber Benezra, María Rebolleda Gómez
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2e78bdab7b424bc7a1b6e22a73932fab2021-12-02T19:23:31ZChasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research2379-507710.1128/mSystems.00604-21https://doaj.org/article/2e78bdab7b424bc7a1b6e22a73932fab2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00604-21https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5077 In this article, we argue that a careful examination of human microbiome science’s relationship with race and racism is necessary to foster equitable social and ecological relations in the field. We point to the origins and evolution of the problematic use of race in microbiome literature by demonstrating the increased usage of race both explicitly and implicitly in and beyond the human microbiome sciences.Travis J. De WolfeMohammed Rafi ArefinAmber BenezraMaría Rebolleda GómezAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSystems, Vol 6, Iss 5 (2021)
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Amber Benezra
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Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research
description In this article, we argue that a careful examination of human microbiome science’s relationship with race and racism is necessary to foster equitable social and ecological relations in the field. We point to the origins and evolution of the problematic use of race in microbiome literature by demonstrating the increased usage of race both explicitly and implicitly in and beyond the human microbiome sciences.
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author Travis J. De Wolfe
Mohammed Rafi Arefin
Amber Benezra
María Rebolleda Gómez
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title Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research
title_short Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research
title_full Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research
title_fullStr Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research
title_full_unstemmed Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research
title_sort chasing ghosts: race, racism, and the future of microbiome research
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/2e78bdab7b424bc7a1b6e22a73932fab
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