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"The Day I Discovered I Was Collaborating on a Eugenics Project": On Imponderables in Collaborative Research
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This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Sandra Avila and Marisol Marini can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2023/09/the-day-i-discovered-i-was-collaborating-on-a-eugenics-project-on-imponderables-in-collaborative-research/. About the post: One day Avila realized that the recommendation she had received from the dermatologist to exclude samples of fingernails, palms, and feet did not simply exclude "confusing samples," as the specialist stated, but the possibility of identifying the highest incidence of skin cancer in black populations, which occurs precisely in those parts of the body with the lowest melanin index. (This episode is available in additional languages on Platypus, The CASTAC Blog.)
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