Race Decoded

In 'Race Decoded,' Rina Bliss analyzes the dissonance between genomic scientists' public claims that race lacks a biological basis and their routine use of racial labels and categories in research practice.

Drawing on interviews, archival materials, and fieldwork with geneticists and biotech firms, Bliss shows how databases, sample labeling, and institutional norms perpetuate race as a research category.

The book situates these scientific practices within broader social and historical processes that give race material power.

It also explores the implications for knowledge production and public understanding of genetics, urging more reflexive scientific standards.

'Race Decoded' is an academic contribution to science and technology studies and sociology of race.