* Legal scholar and social critic Dorothy Roberts argues that the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are determined to resuscitate race as a biological concept. Hear her read from her new book, /Fatal Invention/, at Eso Won <http://www.esowonbookstore.com/> on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 7--9 p.m.
* / While embracing a racial ideology rooted in genetics [we] are accepting a genetic ideology rooted in race that makes everyone responsible for managing their own lives at the genetic level instead of eliminating the social inequalities that damage our entire society./ -from /Fatal Invention /listen to Dorothy Roberts on the Tavis Smiley Show <http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/070811/dorothy_roberts.html> / / ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Go to Esowon on Wednesday to find out more about how science is trying to determine the way we live.* * * *And come to the Book Sale at SCL <http://socallib.org/news/2011/fallbooksale/> on Saturday for more books that can strengthen our abilities to be well. * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *SCL Fall 2011 Book Sale Kickoff Saturday, September 24 **10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. * *Special Member Preview* Friday, September 23 **1 to 7 p.m. **/ /* *If you join or renew as an SCL member now <http://socallib.org/support/membership.html> you will be eligible to come to the Library for a special member-only preview on Friday, September 23, a full day before everyone arrives on Saturday, the official start of the book sale. *Sign up <http://socallib.org/support/membership.html> now to become a member or renew your membership---anyone can join! *For more info: go to www.socallib.org or call (323) 759-6063.* * ** Book cover of Fatal Invention SCL logo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /Where Making History Is a Struggle/ / / [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
