The Ancestry Trap: This Geneticist Wants to Shift the Focus From DNA Testing to Black Futures скачать в хорошем качестве

The Ancestry Trap: This Geneticist Wants to Shift the Focus From DNA Testing to Black Futures

Dr. Janina Jeff can tell you just about anything you want to know about genetics testing: How does it work? What can it tell you? How do you spell mitochondria again? But Jeff herself has never taken a DNA test. “It still sits on my shelf,” she told The Root in a recent interview. A Ph.D. student in human genetics at Vanderbilt at the time (Jeff would eventually become the first African American to receive a human genetics doctorate from the prestigious university), Jeff knew that the research around ancestry testing wasn’t very sound at the time. She was also unsure about how she might feel learning her results, especially given the painful and traumatic stories behind European ancestry in black people. But another major concern was that the test was free. “I learned that anything that is given away to you for free is not actually free,” Jeff said. “That means you’re the product.” Read more: https://www.theroot.com/the-ancestry-...