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Some writers have celebrated a new biological citizenship arising from individuals’ unprecedented ability to manage their health at the molecular level. I will examine the role of race in the construction of the new biocitizen in light of the recent expansion of race-based biotechnologies and neoliberal reliance on private resources for people’s welfare. I will critique how science, big business, and politics are converging to support a molecularized understanding of race, health, and citizenship that helps to preserve social inequities.

Keywords:
"genetics, transhumanism, biotechnology, genetic enhancement, race, personalized medicine, the human genome"