title: Anthropologists' views on race, ancestry, and genetics.
abstract: Controversies over race conceptualizations have been ongoing for centuries and have been shaped, in part, by anthropologists.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess anthropologists' views on race, genetics, and ancestry.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2012 a broad national survey of anthropologists examined prevailing views on race, ancestry, and genetics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results demonstrate consensus that there are no human biological races and recognition that race exists as lived social experiences that can have important effects on health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Racial privilege affects anthropologists' views on race, underscoring the importance that anthropologists be vigilant of biases in the profession and practice. Anthropologists must mitigate racial biases in society wherever they might be lurking and quash any sociopolitical attempts to normalize or promote racist rhetoric, sentiment, and behavior.
authors.affiliation: Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822.
authors.forename: Jennifer K
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2278-0306
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195.
authors.forename: Joon-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27708.
authors.forename: Jayne O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Ifekwunigwe
authors.affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, 98109.
authors.forename: Tanya M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Harrell
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bamshad
authors.affiliation: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27708.
authors.forename: Charmaine D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Royal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000883:Anthropology / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063505:Racism / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: diversity; racism; survey