Dr. Dunston's Lecture Response by Saida Yusuf

After hearing Dr. Dunston's extremely interesting lecture on the Human Genome, it made me wonder what really made us different. Historians and present day scientists argue that all human life force started in Africa; therefore, if we all came from the same, why does modern day culture socially divide the races with such a bold defining line that we would never think we have anything in common on the inside. The maps interested me as well, seeing the large percent of African-Americans in the United States are on the East Coast, and predominantly in the South. This lecture was one of my favorites particularly because i had asked myself so many questions about where everyone came from and it had never been explained so intricately.