"The 'Morphing' Properties of Whiteness" by Troy Duster

Essay

"The 'Morphing' Properties of Whiteness" by Troy Duster
Duster takes up the issue of the biological and cultural basis of race and racial classification in American society. Duster advocates that race is complex, structural, and enduring, and, simultaneously, a social/cultural construct that is fluid and subject to change in which its boundaries may fundamentally alter.
-Discuss Duster's critique of race as a biological construct that can be based on genetic interpretations of intelligence.