Lessons in our faults : fault lines on race and research ethics
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2020-09-29
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Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the publication of the now infamous paper ‘Age- and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in
Colored South African women’ by Nieuwoudt and colleagues where they claim the cognitive functioning of coloured
women is defective in some ways,1 there has been renewed doubts about the legitimacy of race in research at
Stellenbosch University and the controversy has become a matter of concern for universities and research ethics
boards across the country. Because of the harms the Nieuwoudt paper has caused, the question of the use of race
in research has re-emerged as a central concern. What researchers want to know is how to assess whether race
is relevant to some question(s), how to use racial classifications if race is relevant, and when to leave race out.
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CITATION: Msimang, P. 2020. Lessons in our faults : fault lines on race and research ethics. South African Journal of Science, 116(9/10):8449, doi:10.17159/sajs.2020/8449.
The original publication is available at https://sajs.co.za
The original publication is available at https://sajs.co.za
Keywords
Research ethics, Race bias, Racial analysis -- Research, Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Citation
Msimang, P. 2020. Lessons in our faults : fault lines on race and research ethics. South African Journal of Science, 116(9/10):8449, doi:10.17159/sajs.2020/8449.