Not just in the past: Racist and sexist biases still permeate biology, anthropology, medicine, and education.
Rui DiogoAdeyemi AdesomoKimberly S FarmerRachel J KimFatimah L C JacksonPublished in: Evolutionary anthropology (2023)
In the past decades, it has been increasingly recognized that some areas of science, such as anthropology, have been plagued by racist, Western-centric, and/or sexist biases. Unfortunately, an acculturation process to racism and sexism has been occurring for generations leading to systemic inequities that will take a long time to disappear. Here, we highlight the existence of current examples of how racism, Western-centrism and sexism within: (1) the most popular anatomical atlases used in biological, anthropological and medical education; (2) prominent natural history museums and World Heritage Sites; (3) biological and anthropological scientific research publications; and (4) popular culture and influential children's books and educational materials concerning human biology and evolution.