S4 E 7 - PART 2: SUPERIOR: The Return of Race Science

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In this two part episode, Dr Hazel is joined by Angela Saini, an award-winning science journalist who holds Masters degrees in Engineering from The University of Oxford, and in Science and Security from King’s College London. Angela is also author of the books Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and Superior: The Return of Race Science.In part 2 they discuss her second book Superior: the return of race science. They discuss the history of race science and Eugenics, why race science is re-emerging, racial disparities in healthcare - including COVID-19, and ancestry tests. Thank you for listening and please do join in on the conversation and keep it going.Resources to support the #BlackLivesMatter Movement and Anti-racism.Links to donate (copy and paste into your browser): Black Lives Matter - https://blacklivesmatter.com/Black Minds Matter - https://www.blackmindsmatteruk.com/Black LGBTQIA+ Therapy Fund https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-lgbtqia-therapy-fund?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1Black protest Legal Support UK - https://uk.gofundme.com/f/black-protest-legal-support-ukVictim funds - https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#victimsReading:Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. SaadSo You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma OluoI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya AngelouI Am Not Your Baby Mother - Candice BraithwaiteBrit(ish) - Afua HirschDon’t touch my hair - Emma Dabiri Why I am no longer talking to white people about race - Reni Eddo-LodgeHow to be an Anti-racist - Ibram X.Kendi PodcastsThe NodIntersectionality Matters!Code SwitchPod save the peopleNew York Times: 1619About Race Scene on the radioWhite Lies Slay In your LaneWatch13thJust MercyAmerican SonThe Hate U GiveWhen They See UsI Am Not Your Negro*THESE LISTS ARE NOT EXHAUSTIVE* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?
0:04.2	Not much to it, is there?
0:06.2	Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.
0:10.9	Mmm, that is good.
0:12.9	Now that's what Asani should sound like.
0:15.8	Go all crisp in with walkers.
0:19.0	Delicious.
0:20.8	Hello and welcome back to the Food Medic podcast.
0:24.4	I am your host, Dr. Hazel Wallace.
0:26.3	I'm a medical doctor, a registered associate nutritionist, an author and founder of the Food Medic.
0:33.6	So this is part two of a two-part episode I recorded with science journalist Angela Saney.
0:40.3	In this part, we discuss her second book, Superior, The Return of Race Science.
0:45.8	With the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Bain communities and the tragic events that have
0:51.4	sparked the current Black Lives Matter protests across the world,
0:55.7	we urgently need to address racism that exists in society and in healthcare.
1:01.3	This is an important conversation for all of us to listen to.
1:07.0	So just to kind of jump into the conversation, obviously, we, in the first part of the podcast, we spoke about your book Inferior, which explores the effect of sexism and I guess sex and gender in science. And now I want to move the conversation onto your next book, which is Superior, the return of race science.
1:29.4	And I guess this conversation is even more pertinent at the moment and very much at the forefront of her mind.
1:37.9	So I would love to kind of backtrack and ask you, what initially inspired you to write this book? Well, to a large extent,
1:48.1	this book reflects why I got into journalism in the first place. So I studied engineering at
1:53.2	university. I had every intention of becoming an engineer, but I grew up in quite a racist path
1:58.5	of Southeast London. And racism really was a backdrop to my teenage years.
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