(MWP3 Precis 2) Rhetorical Precis on "Race as Biology is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem is Real"

In their article "Race as Biology is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem is Real", Audrey and Brian D. Smedley break down the common misconception that there is a distinguishable difference between race biologically, and assert that the idea that every ethnicity actually comprises a completely different species is becoming more and more common among closed-minded, biased scientists in many scientific fields.  They first address the several racist beliefs specifically, and then talk about how race has to be addressed by anthropology rather than by biology, asserting that race shouldn't be considered as a difference in DNA or genomes, but instead by ethnic backgrounds, beliefs, and history.  The Smedleys right in order to reconcile for the racist papers and studies of their peers, hoping to reconfigure the research paradigm in biology in respect to race.  They right for those who are affected by or are interested in the racist practices and studies in the biology field in the last few decades.

Article Link: http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/hsmt/courses_reading/dundergraduate/authority_of_nature/week_8/smedley.pdf

MLA Citation:
Smedley, Audrey; Smedley, Brian D. "Race as Biology is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem is Real."  
           Virginia Commonwealth University Institute of Medicine (2005).  Web. 8 April 2012.

Annotation:
The Smedley's article will give a foundation for the argument against race theory, establishing literature review and quotations that directly state opposition to the idea that there is a scientific difference among each race, which the global and humanitarian connection of a human race, and thus provides a means of introducing the working thesis.