Race - The Power of An Illusion ep. 1 - The Difference Between Us

56 minutes, 2003, United States

Produced by: California Newsreel, Executive Producer: Larry Adelman, Episode Producers: Christine Herbes-Sommers, Tracy Strain, Llewellyn Smith, Series Co-Producer: Jean Cheng

Race - The Power of An Illusion ep. 1 - The Difference Between Us

Episode 1 of the 3-part series
RACE - The Power of an Illusion

Episode 1- The Difference Between Us examines the contemporary science - including genetics - that challenges our common sense assumptions that human beings can be bundled into three or four fundamentally different groups according to their physical traits.

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