Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., accused a witness at Wednesday's House hearing on the origins of COVID-19 of harboring racist views, saying that former New York Times science editor Nicholas Wade's presence could discredit the entire hearing.
Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., said that former New York Times science editor Nicholas Wade, a witness at the House hearing on the origins of COVID-19, holds discredited and 'harmful' views on race could damage the credibility of the coronavirus panel., the Democratic ranking member on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic accused one of the expert witnesses of harboring racist views that would discredit the committee's work.
Wade's controversial book,"A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History," argued that human races are a biological reality and that recent human evolution has led to racial differences in economic and social behavior. More than 130 population geneticists denounced the book at the time, including some of whom Wade had cited who said he had misrepresented their work.
"These views are dangerous and have no place in a hearing examining the origin of a pandemic that has disproportionately and overwhelmingly harmed communities of color in the United States," he continued, stating that by giving Wade a platform, Republicans were damaging the credibility of the hearing.
When Wade got a turn to speak, he briefly defended his work, calling Ruiz's complaints a"distraction." Wade's 2104 book,"A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History," argued that human races are a biological reality and that recent human evolution has led to racial differences in economic and social behavior.
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