Georgia M. Dunston, a black specialist in human genetics, is speaking with a white reporter. We are in her office at Howard University's College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., at the end of the day. The question is whether race, in the scientific sense, is relevant to the health status of African Americans and other minorities. Even if this weren't the topic, race in its unscientific aspects—the thorn in the side of American history—would be with us too. Dunston, 60, a spirited talker, has long held that race has little to contribute to medicine because the physical characteristics of race are superficial and misleading. For just as long she has contended that black people—those who participate in studies as well as black scientists—should be included in greater numbers in medical research. Her two positions don't fit together neatly—at least they don't to me, but that's probably because the social dimensions of race complicate my view.
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机译：黑人人类遗传学专家乔治亚·邓斯顿（Georgia M. Dunston）正在与一位白人记者讲话。当天结束时，我们在华盛顿特区霍华德大学医学院的办公室里。问题是，科学意义上的种族是否与非洲裔美国人和其他少数民族的健康状况有关。即使这不是主题，但不科学的竞赛（美国历史的荆棘）也将与我们同在。丹斯顿（Dunston）今年60岁，是一位热情洋溢的演讲者，一直认为种族对医学几乎没有贡献，因为种族的生理特征是肤浅的并且具有误导性。长期以来，她一直在争辩说，应该将黑人（参与研究的人以及黑人科学家）纳入医学研究的范围。她的两个职位不能很好地融合在一起-至少他们对我而言不这样，但这可能是因为种族的社会影响使我的观点变得复杂。
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