ABSTRACT

Rejected a priori in the biomedical field as a category that has no meaning for clinical practice, race maintains an absent presence that spans techno-scientific productions and the daily practices of health professionals. Race constitutes a type of infrastructure that is rarely treated critically and that can be given as supporting evidence in scientific practices. It appears as an unexpected effect of biomedical technology that is actually centered around ideals of whiteness that it projects as universal. This exposes the limitations of biomedical technology to reach ‘other bodies’—those that are not white – labeled as resistant to biotechnological intervention. By looking at ultrasound performance in diagnostic testing for glaucoma, this article discusses how whiteness, racism, and technological ‘neutrality’ are articulated in the materialization of race in diagnostic technological devices and health intervention in Brazil.

摘要

作为对临床实践没有意义的类别，种族在生物医学领域被先验地拒绝，种族在技术科学产品和卫生专业人员的日常实践中保持缺席。种族构成了一种很少被批判对待的基础设施，可以作为科学实践中的支持证据。它看起来像是生物医学技术的一个意想不到的效果，实际上它围绕着它投射为普遍的白度理想。这暴露了生物医学技术在到达“其他身体”（那些不是白人的身体）方面的局限性，这些身体被标记为对生物技术干预具有抵抗力。通过观察超声在青光眼诊断测试中的性能，本文讨论了白度、种族主义、