"Black Lives Matter and Black Research Matters": the African Society of Human Genetics' call to halt racism in science.
"Black Lives Matter and Black Research Matters": the African Society of Human Genetics' call to halt racism in science.
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DOI：
10.1091/mbc.e22-04-0122
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发表时间：
2022-08-01
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3.3
通讯作者：
Applewhite, Derek
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作者：
Wonkam, Ambroise;Bardien, Soraya;Diallo, Rokhaya Ndiaye;Gaye, Amadou;Alimohamed, Mohamed Zahir;Kya, Siana;Makani, Julie;Landoure, Guida;Mutesa, Leon;El-Kamah, Ghada;Mohamed, Amal;Newport, Melanie;Williams, Scott M.;Ramsay, Michele;Nembaware, Victoria;Applewhite, Derek
非洲人类遗传学学会(AfSHG)的成立是为了为非洲的人类遗传学和基因组学科学家提供一个互动、网络和合作的论坛。这对于为整个非洲大陆许多罕见和常见疾病的公共卫生负担制定解决办法至关重要。AFSHG完全支持黑人生命也是运动，该运动致力于打击种族主义，确保社会珍视黑人的生命和人性。非盟希望加入公众对乔治·弗洛伊德之死引发的种族主义的强烈抗议，并宣布其承诺确保不再容忍不公正和有系统的种族主义，以及对非洲人及其生物材料的虐待和剥削。这一点现在尤其相关，因为非洲基因组变异准备在包括祖先、个性化医学和新药发现在内的几个学科中做出重大贡献。“黑人的生命也是重要的，黑人研究也是重要的”是非洲黑色金属集团呼吁国际社会支持制止和扭转通过基因组研究中的新殖民主义不当做法对非洲人民的长期剥削。我们还提出了遏制科学领域种族主义的五个关键方法，以便我们能够与共同的人类一起向前迈进，共同拥抱科学努力。
The African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) was formed to provide a forum for human genetics and genomics scientists in Africa to interact, network, and collaborate. This is critical to facilitate development of solutions to the public health burden of many rare and common diseases across the continent. AfSHG fully supports the Black Lives Matter movement, which is dedicated to fighting racism and ensuring that society values the lives and humanity of Black people. The AfSHG would like to add its “voice” to the public outcry against racism sparked by George Floyd’s death and to declare its commitment to ensuring that injustice and systematic racism, as well as abuse and exploitation of Africans and their biological material, are no longer tolerated. This is particularly relevant now as African genomic variation is poised to make significant contributions across several disciplines including ancestry, personalized medicine, and novel drug discovery. “Black Lives Matter and Black Research Matters” is AfSHG’s call for the global community to support halting, and reversing, the perpetuation of exploitation of African people through neocolonial malpractices in genomic research. We also propose five key ways to curb racism in science, so that we can move forward together, with a common humanity, collectively embracing scientific endeavors.