Why Am I Black: A Search for Human Origins
- ISBN-10
- 1438237863
- ISBN-13
- 9781438237862
- Category
- Evolutionary genetics
- Pages
- 164
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-08-23
- Author
- Tony Spearman
Description
How much of your origins do you really know? What does it mean to be black, white, Latino or Asian? What is the scientific measure and who is responsible for determining that measure? A lucid and pragmatic review of the criteria will offend some, and startle others.Tony Spearman, with green eyes and "peachy brown skin", is a former University Administrator for a Historically Black College and University, Physicist and noted technology inventor. Tony takes the time in this book to evaluate what it really means to declare your race. His 10 years of research and logic may make you rethink who you are and rethink how you think about others.
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