Race and Genetics: What can history tell us? | Sandra Manickam | TEDxAUCollege

Summary

The speaker reflects on their mixed heritage as a person of Indian and Chinese Malaysian descent, highlighting the complexities of racial categorization and stereotypes experienced across different countries. They discuss the evolving understanding of race, emphasizing the flawed notion of biological determinism, which simplifies human identity to genetic codes. The speaker critiques historical perspectives on race and urges a deeper examination of genetics to avoid reinforcing stereotypes. Ultimately, they assert that race is a complex lived experience shaped by cultural, linguistic, and social factors rather than mere biology.

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