Navigating race in the market for human gametes: when people go shopping for gametes, their first and most important criterion is the donor's race. From: The Hastings Center Report | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: Fogg-Davis, Hawley | COPYRIGHT 2001 Hastings Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Navigating race in the market for human gametes: when people go shopping for gametes, their first and most important criterion is the donor's race. In so choosing, they are making wrong and invidious assumptions about what race is. They are also assuming that their child will develop her sense of self within those parameters. The effect is harmful both for children and for society at large. People should be able to recognize racial categories as they construct their own identities,...

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