How to Argue With a Racist by Adam Rutherford

How to Argue With a Racist is a book by Adam Rutherford. It presents a science- and history-led response to racist pseudoscience.

Synopsis

The book argues that science is not an ally to racists and that science and history can be used to challenge bigotry by offering a clearer view of how people actually are, rather than how they are judged to be. It sets out to dismantle outdated ideas of race by explaining what modern genetics can and cannot reveal about human difference.

Described as a manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation, it also addresses the misuse of science as a justification for racism.