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Chunk #28 — RESULTS — Demographic Characteristics of Participants — Understanding of genetics

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An exploration of attitudes among black Americans towards psychiatric genetic research.
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Another respondent felt that minority communities, in particular, were uneducated about genetics. “I don’t think people know enough about it— minorities anyway. It’s not an issue in our community—genetics. It’s really not a big issue. I mean it might be a general issue where we know general things about DNA, RNA—that my child has my genes. In general, we all know that. But when we get into—genetics can cause mental illness. Well, it can come from genetics. I wouldn’t know anything about it if I didn’t read or watch television the way I do.”