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Science Needs to Face Up to Its Racist History
Elevating science’s role in policy making is important; so is reckoning with how science has been used to harm marginalized communities
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An early indication that the Biden administration would seek to elevate the importance of science in decision-making was theannouncement that the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy would be a Cabinet level position. It set a pattern that the administration would give science a prominent role in a wide range of policy matters. While this strengthens the role of science and offers hope that the U.S. will resume global leadership on climate, it’s not enough.