DNA Test and ZIP Code

Ready for a world in which a $50 DNA test can predict your odds of earning a PhD or forecast which toddler gets into a selective preschool? You can do this already with a ZIP code.

A screenshot of a social media post jokes that a cheap DNA test could predict educational success and preschool admissions. The reply points out that socioeconomic privilege and neighborhood already reveal much of the same information through a ZIP code, satirizing inequality in education and genetic determinism. EN: A screenshot of a social media post jokes that a cheap DNA test could predict educational success and preschool admissions. The reply points out that socioeconomic privilege and neighborhood already reveal much of the same information through a ZIP code, satirizing inequality in education and genetic determinism.

• @ithueti / 5685 2022-02-08