DNA Despair
13th December 2016
Has anyone else noticed that the insane popularity of getting your DNA tested coincides with the rise of the “race is just a social construct” myth—a kind of populist, Trumpian “screw you” to the elites?
Not that the elites themselves are untouched by such curiosity: Led by Professor Henry Louis Gates, numerous otherwise “progressive” celebrities have submitted to swabbing, dutifully expressing ecstasy when even an iota of black or Indian blood is detected—and famously squirming when they turn out not to be as Hispanic as they’d led producers and fans to believe.
December 13th, 2016 at 10:36
I did the DNA testing. It was interesting and very closely matched the known family history. And, no, I don’t have any DNA that would qualify me to get an over-paid lecturing position at Harvard.
December 13th, 2016 at 11:26
Oh, Harvard never over-pays for lecturers. Yale, on the other hand…