Sentence examples for genetic underclass from inspiring English sources
Neither did the genetic underclass.
Power and prestige are the preserve of "valids" with ideal genomes, while the genomic flaws of the "in-valids" mark them out as a genetic underclass.
No democracy will tolerate the emergence of a genetic underclass.
To the extent that race and ethnicity correlate with socioeconomic status, some groups already affected by disparities in health outcomes unrelated to genetic differences will be disproportionately represented among this "genetic underclass".
As mentioned in section 2.2.3, genetic discrimination by insurers and employers could lead to creation of a "genetic underclass"; similarly, should socioeconomically advantaged families have greater access to prenatal genetic testing, an increased relative frequency of conditions like CF, sickle cell anemia, or Down syndrome would occur among less privileged families.
Reports predicting the emergence of a new genetic underclass who would be excluded from many aspects of social life (for example, unable to get life or health insurance, or being discriminated against in getting a job) have emerged steadily in scientific and popular media over the past 20 years [ 27, 28].
They acknowledge that developing this technology may well lead to an unprecedented kind and degree of inequality, to the emergence of a genetic overclass and underclass, but claim that its development and use are inevitable.
Like discrimination based on race or gender, creating an underclass of genetic unfortunates would be intolerable.
Thus we risk creating a privileged elite and at the same time an underclass of genetic losers.
The scene is from the 1997 sci-fi classic Gattaca, in which a man refuses to accept the rules of a future society condemning him to an underclass only fit for menial work because of his less-than-perfect genetic inheritance.
Boosting brainpower through chip implants or genetic engineering is looming closer, but would it divide humans into a new elite and underclass?
