Epigenetics and Race

Memories of our Ancestors

Pictured here: Not Epigenetics. Or a race. Love your games Ubisoft, don’t sue me. (Publicity art for Assassin’s Creed III Copyright Ubisoft)

If you spend much time on the CDC site … well firstly you’re a nerd, but secondly you’ll note that for most morbidity and mortality rates it separates the statistics for American whites and American blacks (it also includes data for other “races”). You’ll also note that statistically and comparatively things suck for American blacks. African-Americans have higher rates of hypertension, Type II…